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“Itchy ‘Altitude Fleas’ was the most unpleasant experience I had when I was characterizing Altitude Hypersensitivity!”

Experience Sickness Altitude Fleas Most Hypoxia Hypersensitivity Itchy Unpleasant Characterizing

Book:Magee’s Disease

Source: Magee’s Disease

“The skull pains during characterizing Altitude Hypersensitivity had me mystified as to what they were!”

Mountain Altitude Summit Elevation During Hypersensitivity Pains Skull Mystified Characterizing

Book:Toxic Altitude

Source: Toxic Altitude

“As a person with Altitude Hypersensitivity, I spend my time at or near to sea level.”

Time Mountain Altitude Mountains Spend Altitude Hypersensitivity Altitude Sickness Near Sea Level High Plains

Book:Pandemic Supplements

Source: Pandemic Supplements

“Most professional astronomers that I know are frequent fliers.”

Disease Altitude Radiation Know High Professional Most Astronomer Frequent Fliers

Author:Steven Magee

“When my brain functioning was at its worst, I was getting lost in my own neighborhood where I had lived for years.”

Lost Brain Worst Astronomy Osha Neighborhood Altitude Tmt Lived Functioning

Author:Steven Magee

“I came to know the food at high altitude observatories as some of the worst I had ever been served.”

Worst Food Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Served

Author:Steven Magee

“When I worked in high altitude astronomy, the worst sickness that I experienced was not at the 13,796 feet very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea Observatory (MKO) in Hawaii, it was at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) in Arizona at the much lower altitude of 6,875 feet. Due to my very high altitude experiences, I knew that this strange sickness was not primarily caused by altitude sickness and was most likely Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). After reporting various behavioral problems in all of the staff to the management team, my contract was not renewed, I was unable to legally protect the health and safety of the workers that I was responsible for, troubleshooting of this environmental problem stopped and I left in a sickened state for my next position before I could find the root cause.”

“A person that climbs without ropes should not be surprised when they fall into heaven.”

Fall Heaven Mountain Safety Surprise Osha Altitude Rope High Climb

Author:Steven Magee

“There was never sufficient time for restorative sleep during the really long winter astronomy night shifts.”

Long Night Time Sleep Winter Astronomy Sufficient Altitude Shifts Restorative

Book:Night Shift Recovery

Source: Night Shift Recovery

“When I worked the day shift at the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, a registered nurse came to visit and commented that my breathing during sleep was irregular. I had no idea what altitude induced central sleep apnea was at that time and ignored the comment. Many years later I was diagnosed with a variety of sleep disorders.”

Sleep Astronomy Altitude Disorder Mauna Kea Hawaii Observatory Apnea Central

Author:Steven Magee

“Keeping a human in a state of altitude induced central sleep apnea for many years should be expected to bring on a wide range of adverse health conditions.”

Science Sleep Health Human Astronomy Sickness Altitude Observatory Apnea Central

Author:Steven Magee

“For some sleep apnea patients that use CPAP machines, they develop the more severe Complex Sleep Apnea during long term treatment.”

Sleep Patient Astronomy Altitude Disorder Observatory Complex Apnea Cpap Bipap

Author:Steven Magee

“Does keeping a high altitude worker in a state of central sleep apnea for many years eventually develop into positional sleep apnea?”

Sleep Astronomy Altitude Mauna Kea High Observatory Worker Apnea Positional

Author:Steven Magee

“After five years of visits to four different sleep doctors, I was eventually diagnosed with positional sleep apnea.”

Sleep Doctors Astronomy Sickness Altitude Apnea Diagnosed Central Visits Positional

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“The sleep doctor was evaluating me for a BiPAP machine, as the CPAP machine was triggering altitude sickness, chronic fatigue, sleepiness and gastrointestinal problems.”

Sleep Sickness Altitude Fatigue Doctor Sleepiness Chronic Cpap Gastrointestinal Bipap

Author:Steven Magee

“If you are a sea level adapted human and your employer requires you to sleep at high altitude, you should change jobs as soon as possible.”

Jobs Change Sleep Sea Astronomy Altitude High Adapted Employer Level

Author:Steven Magee

“The astronomy managers never told us about the central sleep apnea risks, even though we would work and sleep at high altitude.”

Work Sleep Astronomy Managers Altitude High Risks Apnea Central

Author:Steven Magee

“There was no monitoring of astronomy staff for central sleep apnea, even when we would sleep at high altitude.”

Sleep Mountain Astronomy Altitude Staff High Observatory Monitoring Apnea Central

Author:Steven Magee

“Testing with the CPAP machine revealed that it was triggering altitude sickness symptoms after waking, specifically ‘Descent Fatigue’ during the daytime.”

Sleep Sickness Altitude Testing Fatigue Descent Daytime Machine Cpap Triggering

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“Sleep apnea in high altitude workers is a dirty secret of professional astronomy.”

Sleep Secret Workers Astronomy Dirty Altitude Insomnia High Professional Apnea

Author:Steven Magee

“High altitude induced central sleep apnea is a dirty secret of professional astronomy.”

Sleep Secret Astronomy Dirty Altitude High Professional Apnea Induced Central

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“Every night my sleep is wrecked by High Altitude Disease.”

Night Sleep Disease Astronomy Altitude Mauna Kea Hawaii High Wrecked

Author:Steven Magee

“We did not receive any industry recognized training in extreme night shift work and correct sleep recovery when working nights atop the 13,797’ Mauna Kea mountain. My personal observations showed that sufficient daytime sleep recovery could not be achieved during the extremely long winter night shifts.”

Night Sleep Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Shift

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“It is important to remember when interacting with astronomers that you are dealing with people that are commonly showing the long term adverse effects of sleep deprivation and High Altitude Observatory Disease (HAOD).”

Sleep Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Deprivation Interacting

Author:Steven Magee

“There was no monitoring of sleep in very high altitude workers that were sleeping at 9,200 feet. No warnings were given about high altitude induced sleep disorders.”

Sleep Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Sleeping Warnings Disorders

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“High altitude workers should be screened annually for Sleep Apnea.”

Sleep Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Apnea Annually Screened

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“It should be standard practice in the medical profession to send a sickened very high altitude worker on a sleep study and put them onto high dose vitamin B12 injections for six months to see if they respond to it.”

Sleep Study Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope B12

Author:Steven Magee

“In 2017 at the age of 47 I was diagnosed with a rare and disabling sleep disorder called Ideopathic Hypersomnia. I had noticed the onset of the condition during extreme night shift work from 2003 to 2006 on the 13,796 feet very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea. After a few years of doctors visits for insomnia, fatigue, sleepiness and falling asleep at work, it was initially diagnosed as Shift Work Sleep Disorder in 2009 before being correctly diagnosed by a Multiple Sleep Latency Test several years later.”

Sleep Astronomy Osha Altitude Disorder Mauna Kea Tmt Hypersomnia Ideopathic

Author:Steven Magee

“I was sent for a sleep study in 2015 and they found that I have 9.9 arousals per hour and I stop breathing 31.9 times per hour during sleeping. They diagnosed Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).”

Sleep Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Insomnia Apnea Obstructive

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“A routine annual sleep study should really be required as part of their job description for astronomers and their nighttime support staff for early detection of sleep disorders and blood oxygenation issues.”

Sleep Study Blood Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Oxygenation

Author:Steven Magee

“Astronomers do not disclose to their nighttime support staff that they are at significant risk of developing shift work sleep disorder (SWSD) and the associated range of other sleep disorders.”

Work Sleep Astronomy Osha Altitude Disorder Mauna Kea Tmt Shift

Author:Steven Magee

“I had noticed the onset of sickness that was consistent with sleep disorders and B12 deficiency during working extreme nights shifts at very high altitude atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii.”

Sleep Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Deficiency Disorders B12

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“Do you know that long term exposure to very high altitudes may cause daytime fatigue and sleep apnea?”

Sleep Psychology Astronomy Altitude Fatigue Daytime Observatory Chronic Apnea Expose

Author:Steven Magee

“High altitude astronomy is a strange world of oxygen starvation, sleep deprivation and radiation sickness.”

World Sleep Strange Astronomy Sickness Altitude Radiation Oxygen Starvation Deprivation

Author:Steven Magee

“Very high altitude extreme night shift work is a class 2A carcinogen that may result in lifelong disabling sleep disorders, high cholesterol, radiation sickness and heart, lung and brain damage.”

Science Night Work Sleep Astronomy Sickness Altitude Radiation Shift Extreme

Author:Steven Magee

“Research suggests that sea level adapted humans that work at the very high altitude 13,796 feet summit of Mauna Kea may eventually develop sleep apnea and fatigue from the low oxygen environment.”

Science Work Sleep Environment Human Research Astronomy Altitude Mauna Kea

Author:Steven Magee

“I am in a love-hate relationship with insanity.”

Love Science Hate Brain Relationship Astronomy Insanity Altitude Tmt Mental

Author:Steven Magee

“Does sodium LASER light interact with salt in the human body?”

Body Light Human Astronomy Altitude Salt Hypoxia Sodium Interact Laser

Book:Summit Brain

Source: Summit Brain

“Bright Light Adaptation Disease may occur in high altitude workers due to the accelerated aging effects that increased radiation causes.”

Light Causes Disease Aging Altitude Radiation Adaptation Bright Increased Accelerated

Author:Steven Magee

“Bright Light Adaptation Disease (BLAD) is not unique to high altitude workers and may be occurring in many other areas, such as welders, winter snow sports, sunny vacationers, window cleaners, solar workers, immigrants to sunny climates, and so on. Anyone in a bright environment is at risk of developing it.”

Light Disease Unique Snow Altitude Adaptation Solar Bright Blad

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“High altitude astronomical observatories tend to be windowless environments illuminated by florescent light.”

Light Altitude High Astronomical Observatories Environments Illuminated Florescent Windowless

Author:Steven Magee

“The dirty secrets of professional astronomy are coming to light.”

Light Astronomy Dirty Altitude Secrets Professional Diseases Cage Coming Faraday

Author:Steven Magee

“Every observatory summit office that I was based in had no windows in high altitude astronomy. My workdays were spent bathing in artificial florescent light.”

Light Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Artificial Tmt Telescope Florescent

Author:Steven Magee

“High altitude observatories are commonly constructed with few to no windows, meaning that their staff are typically natural light deprived during their work day.”

Light Natural Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Deprived Telescope

Author:Steven Magee

“Ultraviolet light is a known carcinogen and can affect human health in many ways that are only just starting to be understood.”

Light Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Radiation Tmt Ultraviolet Carcinogen

Author:Steven Magee

“Light and the human is poorly understood by the astronomical profession, with many astronomers not understanding which light bulbs they should have in their own homes and offices!”

Light Human Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Bulbs Poorly

Author:Steven Magee

“The top three symptoms that I observed in high altitude workers were: 1. Forgetfulness & Confusion; 2. Irritability; 3. Fatigue & Apathy.”

Confusion Osha Altitude Apathy Tmt Symptoms Fatigue Forgetfulness Observed Irritability

Author:Steven Magee

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