title: Ask the doctor. Some friends invited me to accompany them to Rocky Mountain National Park.  I would love to go, but I have high blood pressure and worry that high altitudes are dangerous for people with this condition.  Is this the case?
authors.forename: N Stuart
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009051:Mountaineering