Rehabilitation

High altitudes and aneurysms

05/06/2008 06:47PM

Question:

My husband had a brain aneurysm that burst in January, he is back in New Jersey. My daughter and I want to bring him out to Colorado to live with her. Will the high altitude be harmful to him?

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Response by:

Tammy S. Wadsworth, PT MS OCS
Sports Medicine Team Member
OSU Outpatient Rehabilitation Center at Hilliard
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University