Are hangovers worse at high altitudes?

Age factors in there too Cupcake.

She is probably suffering from altitude sickness in addition to the hang over.

Symptoms are pretty common. Both are caused by dehydration.

Headache, fatigue, stomach illness, dizziness, and sleep disturbance are all symptoms of Altitude Sickness.

You can increase her water in take, aspirin and get her some oxygen. It should be gone in a day or 2 much like the hang over. Too late for preventative drugs.

Just about everything is worse at high altitude. If you're not accustomed to the lower barometric pressure and possibly less oxygen content in the air, you can feel a lot worse for a lot longer. It's not worse for you than a hangover at sea level, it just feels that way.

I ....er.... friends have some experience with this.

Yes the hangover is worse at altitude.

Its the extra dehydration that the altitude brings normally.

Altitude acclimatisation is essential.

Your 'friend' should have built up to this epic binge by drinking progressively greater amounts over the Advent period.

(And posting a vlog about the project on youtube. Heh.)

Tim (the first answer) is correct. I will that you can get a headache at high altitudes even without booze. real aspirin will help a lot. It thins the blood allowing it to carry more oxygen to the brain.

They don't have hangovers in Northern New jersey and New York City anymore, ever since Tim Tebow went to the Jets.

I think that you...r friend can safely blame the altitude, darling.

I would...and if the physiological facts were against me (and it doesn't seem that they are), I would simply say that my perception of the altitude made my hangover worse.

No one could argue with that, could they?

(((india)))

You bet it will.. a hangover is primarily a dehydration causing your blood to move less oxygen.. In thin air that is vastly enhanced...

Drink lots of water.. get some O2... and if you can.. get an IV in you.. and BAM all better!

Well, I was gonna tell you all about the dehydration factor and such at high altitude, but, everyone already beat me to it.

So, I'll just say this, all the more reason to smoke pot instead, eh?

My worst sounds similar to yours. After playing a drinking game I was so sick for a couple of days that I had dry heaves and had to drag myself to the bath room and drink water just so I would have something to throw up. I felt like I was going to and indeed wanted to die. God, was I a dumb kid or what?