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Saturation curve for hemoglobin of humans, llamas, and other mammals.

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Hypoxia and altitude sickness can result when people who live at low altitudes move suddenly to high altitudes

A healthy person can become physiologically adjusted to a high altitudes (acclimatization), including adjustments in cardiac output, rate and volume of breathing

Hypoxia also stimulates erythropoietin secretion, which results in increased red blood cell formation and puts strain on the heart
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