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Transport When a person travels quickly from sea level to elevations above 8000ft, where the atmospheric pressure and partial pressure of oxygen are lowered, the individual responds with symptoms of acute mountain sickness (AMS)– headache, shortness of breath, nausea and dizziness due to poor binding of O with haemoglobin. When the person moves on a long–term basis to mountains from sea level, the body begins to make respiratory XI Std Biology-Zoology Chapter- During carbon–dioxide poisoning, the demand for oxygen increases. As the O level in the blood decreases it leads to suffocation and the skin turns bluish black.