Hypoxia or lack of oxygen in the blood

Radio France International health and wellbeing

April 25, 2019

Hypoxia or lack of oxygen can be caused by different causes, such as smoking, gas inhalation or exposure at high altitudes, above 4,000 meters d & # 39; altitude. Worldwide, 140 million people live more than 2,500 meters above sea level. Some populations, such as those in Tibet, have developed an adaptation at this stage over the centuries, but in all cases, hypoxia provokes a series of physiological responses that science seeks to better understand.

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In the world there 140 million people living at more than 2500 meters altitude. Some populations, such as those of Tibet They have developed an adaptation at this stage over the centuries.

Others, as in some mining towns in the Peruvian Andes are suddenly faced with this situation, some individuals adapt better than others, but in all cases, hypoxia causes a series of crises. physiological reactions this science seeks to better understand.

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Shipment 5300

To better understand this adaptation of man to the summits, an international group of scientists led a few months ago l & # 39; call Shipment 5300, carry out studies in the population of the Rinconada, a mining town of 5300 meters high in Peru, very close to the border with Bolivia.