Reascenso

09:32 May 25, 2020 

Please change the glossary entry = reascension is incorrect.

21:52 May 22, 2020 

Thanks for the notes, Muriel.
I fully agree about "reascent" and about the non-wanted connotations of "reascension". Anyhow, just for the record, reascension is an English word -as per Merriam Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reascension

As for reacclimatizing, I also agree it could work here.

¡Saludos!

21:37 May 22, 2020 

The widely used name is 'high altitude sickness'.

21:35 May 22, 2020 

All the people on this thread are aware of high altitude sickness. I have experienced it twice, big time: once in Cuzco, Peru (needed medical treatment), and once in La Paz, Bolivia. The point here is different. It's about people who live at these altitudes and experience the sickness upon returning after a period at lower altitudes. If they fall ill, the emphasis should be on the process of reacclimatizing them. It's different from the illness that flatlanders get when they go up occasionally.

21:25 May 22, 2020 

The word in English is 'reascent'. *Reascension is not a word in English, and 'ascension' has strong religious connotations.

18:49 May 22, 2020 

The patient was born at a high altitude, and is presenting this illness due to going back after living at sea level for a while.

15:44 May 22, 2020 

i.e.
High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema - an overview | ScienceDirect ...www.sciencedirect.com › topics › medicine-and-dentistry
***High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)*** can occur when climbers are exercising intensively in hypoxic environments as they ascend to high altitudes. What are ...

15:43 May 22, 2020 

Edema pulmonar agudo de reascenso - Portal de Pesquisa ...pesquisa.bvsalud.org › lil-506777- Translate this page
Edema pulmonar agudo de reascenso: Caso observado en Huaraz, Ancash, Perú / Acute Pulmonary Edema Returning to a High Altitude Environment: Report ...

11:45 May 22, 2020 

I'd say that the OP's case does not describe a high-altitude illness due to re-acclimatization but maybe due to a problem when re-acclimatizing or due to a lack of re-acclimatization, maybe due to a too fast re-acclimatizing, etc. What the OP explicitly describes as cause of the high-altitude illness is a "reascension" / "re-entry" / "going back up to a high-altitude" process, in contrast with just "going up to a high-altitide".

I agree though that re-acclimatizing might be a good choice here anyhow, as in "high-altitude illness when re-acclimatizing", which would express the original "reascension" idea while clearly stating that this case is that of a kid used to live at high altitude who needed re-acclimatizing, as after passing some time at a lower altitude. The only "but" to this is that this is somehow more specific than the OP's phrasing.

04:53 May 21, 2020 

High-Altitude Travel & Altitude Illness - Chapter 3 - 2020 ...wwwnc.cdc.gov › travel › noninfectious-health-risks
The process of acute acclimatization to high elevation takes 3–5 days; ... Susceptibility and resistance to altitude illness are genetic traits, and no ... HACE is a severe progression of AMS and is rare; it is most often associated with HAPE.

04:52 May 21, 2020 

And the literature supports "acclimatization" and "re-acclimatization"!
OA Guide to High Altitude: Acclimatization and Illnesses www.princeton.edu › ~rcurtis › altitude
Acclimatization. The major cause of altitude illnesses is going too high too fast. Given time, your body can adapt to the decrease in oxygen molecules at a specific altitude. This process is known as acclimatization and generally takes 1-3 days at that altitude.

04:32 May 21, 2020 

... something like 'acute high-altitude sickness due to re-acclimatization'?