Health & Medicine
How Is Buzz Aldrin Now? Astronaut Was Forced Evacuated From South Pole! [Details Here]
Minnow Blythe
First Posted: Dec 06, 2016 03:01 AM EST
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to land on the Moon, was forced evacuated from the South Pole on Dec. 2, 2016, after his medical condition deteriorated. Find out how the 86-year-old astronaut is doing now.
In a statement released last Sunday, Buzz Aldrin shared details of his trip and unexpected medical ordeal at the South Pole. He shares that his forced medical evacuation was due to altitude sickness. But he is doing fine now.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin shares that although his trip to the South Pole was cut short, he was thankful that he was still able to experience what it would feel like to live on Mars (Antarctic conditions are said to be similar to those of Mars). He regrets though that he was not able to join the scientists in discussing their research about Mars.
According to Stuff.co.nz, Christina Korp, Buzz Aldrin's manager, shares in an update that Aldrin's lungs are still congested. Buzz Aldrin has to stay in the hospital at Christchurch, New Zealand, until his lungs clear up rather than go back home to the United States.
When the news spread that Buzz Aldrin was forced evacuated from the South Pole, many people were worried about his condition. In an interview with CNN, Scott Parazynski, Buzz Aldrin's friend and colleague and frequent visitor to the South Pole, speculated that the 86-year-old astronaut must have been suffering symptoms of altitude sickness, thus prompting his forced medical evacuation.
The South Pole has a 9,300-foot elevation and many visitors at the Amundsen-Scott station suffer from altitude sickness. High-altitude-related sickness like Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) are reported to be common to the new arrivals at the South Pole research station.
The most common symptoms of high-altitude sickness are headaches, fatigue, insomnia and shortness of breath. If the condition of high-altitude sickness worsens, patients may suffer from respiratory failure, cerebral edema, coma and, worst of all, death.
Fortunately, Buzz Aldrin was given immediate medical care and forced evacuated from the South Pole where horrible weather and long winters can prevent planes from going in and out the research station. After suffering from symptoms of altitude sickness, Buzz Aldrin is looking forward to spending Christmas with his family back home in Florida and adds that this would not be the last time people will see him.
See Now:
NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone
©2024 ScienceWorldReport.com All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. The window to the world of science news.
More on SCIENCEwr
First Posted: Dec 06, 2016 03:01 AM EST
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to land on the Moon, was forced evacuated from the South Pole on Dec. 2, 2016, after his medical condition deteriorated. Find out how the 86-year-old astronaut is doing now.
In a statement released last Sunday, Buzz Aldrin shared details of his trip and unexpected medical ordeal at the South Pole. He shares that his forced medical evacuation was due to altitude sickness. But he is doing fine now.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin shares that although his trip to the South Pole was cut short, he was thankful that he was still able to experience what it would feel like to live on Mars (Antarctic conditions are said to be similar to those of Mars). He regrets though that he was not able to join the scientists in discussing their research about Mars.
According to Stuff.co.nz, Christina Korp, Buzz Aldrin's manager, shares in an update that Aldrin's lungs are still congested. Buzz Aldrin has to stay in the hospital at Christchurch, New Zealand, until his lungs clear up rather than go back home to the United States.
When the news spread that Buzz Aldrin was forced evacuated from the South Pole, many people were worried about his condition. In an interview with CNN, Scott Parazynski, Buzz Aldrin's friend and colleague and frequent visitor to the South Pole, speculated that the 86-year-old astronaut must have been suffering symptoms of altitude sickness, thus prompting his forced medical evacuation.
The South Pole has a 9,300-foot elevation and many visitors at the Amundsen-Scott station suffer from altitude sickness. High-altitude-related sickness like Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) are reported to be common to the new arrivals at the South Pole research station.
The most common symptoms of high-altitude sickness are headaches, fatigue, insomnia and shortness of breath. If the condition of high-altitude sickness worsens, patients may suffer from respiratory failure, cerebral edema, coma and, worst of all, death.
Fortunately, Buzz Aldrin was given immediate medical care and forced evacuated from the South Pole where horrible weather and long winters can prevent planes from going in and out the research station. After suffering from symptoms of altitude sickness, Buzz Aldrin is looking forward to spending Christmas with his family back home in Florida and adds that this would not be the last time people will see him.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone