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Does wearing a mask make your lungs stronger like high altitude training?

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  • 4 weeks ago
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    No, and higher altitude doesn’t make lungs stronger. It does increase red cells which carry oxygen bound to hemoglobin, you lungs do gas exchange the same as at low altitudes.

  • Rita
    Lv 6
    2 weeks ago

    A training mask is designed to help you re-create the conditions of high altitudes when you can't physically go high above sea level. ... When you wear the mask, your body begins to adapt to the reduced oxygen intake, making your heart and lungs work harder.

  • 4 weeks ago

    Yes, because one needs to use a little more force to draw in a breath.  So wearing a mask has additional benefits besides limiting viral transmission.

  • 4 weeks ago

    It makes no difference. Unfortunately wearing a mask will not qualify anyone to climb Mount Everest. 

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  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago

    Yep, we need now to practice for we are going to Mars sooner, bcoz mother Earth is dying.

  • Audrey
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago

    I would think so. I gasp like i was climbing a mountain every time i shop for groceries.

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