Decompression sickness is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression. It most commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can also result from other causes of depressurization, such as emerging from a caisson, decompression from saturation, flying in an unpressurized aircraft at high altitude, or extravehicular activity from spacecraft. Decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism are collectively referred to as decompression illness.
Facts
Classification
ICD-10 ChapterXIX: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes 2 Communicable or Non-communicable First Described Connections
Treated By
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is the standard treatment for decompression sickness.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Decompression sickness
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Since bubbles can form in or migrate to any part of the body, DCS can produce many symptoms, and its effects may vary from joint pain and rashes to paralysis and death.
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
3. Decompression Sickness (Wikipedia)
First documented case reported by mining engineer Jacques Triger in 1841View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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