Longer Flights Cause Milder Altitude Sickness, Study Says

Doctors have found that passengers can suffer from a milder form of altitude sickness.

Unlike the traditional air sickness that includes nausea and vomiting, the milder form is accompanied by achiness, shortness of breath and a feeling of light-headedness.

Researchers studied more than 500 volunteers. Those volunteers were placed, up to a dozen people at a time, in a pressure chamber for 20 hours.

Doctors said that the longer the flight, the more likely passengers are to get this milder form of the sickness.

The study, conducted by Boeing, also found that people older then 60 were less likely to experience the symptoms, and men suffered less than women.

source:www.wsoctv.com