Características fisiopatológicas de la mujer residente en la altura en Perú

• Autores: Garmendia-Lorena, Fausto, Pando-Álvarez, Rosa
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Fundación Instituto Hipólito Unanue
• Repositorio: Diagnóstico
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistadiagnostico.fihu.org.pe:article/453
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistadiagnostico.fihu.org.pe/index.php/diagnostico/article/view/453
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Biología; patología; población residente; femenina; altitud; Biology; pathology; female; resident population; altitude

A description of pathophysiological characteristics of the female high altitude dwellers and a comparison with the femalesea level dweller is performed. The observation takes place from birth to old age. In order to to obtain the original informationnational and international bibliographic repositories have been reviewed. During pregnancy altitude fetus are smaller than thefetus at sea level At the delivery placental size and weight are higher at altitude. The newborn weight is the lower the higher thealtitude is. There are not many differences from infancy to puberty age. The reproductive time is shorter at altitude than at sea level since menarche age begins later and menopause age begins earlier, but the fertility rate remains similar. Adult altitude woman has lower glycemia, higher sensitivity to endogenous insulin, and higher uricemia, hemoglobin, and hematocrit. Pregnancy at altitude has a higher pathophylogical challenge than at sea level. There is little information on older women at altitudes. Acute and chronic high altitude sickness characteristics and other prevalent altitude pathology are revised. It is concluded that altitude female dweller has many pathophysiological differences in relation to sea level female dweller.