Why it may be difficult to stop bleeding from a cut in the body at higher altitudes?

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The atmospheric pressure is low at high altitudes. Due to the greater pressure difference in blood pressure and the atmospheric pressure, the blood keeps flowing out of the body and hence it is difficult to stop bleeding from a cut in the body.

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