What is decompression sickness?

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exactly what is decompression sickness... what are the symtoms, how can u treat it... etc. thx
It's caused when you go from a place of high pressure to a place of lower pressure. It's also called the bends. It's too complicated to tell you here. Just read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness  (+ info)

is it easy to get decompression sickness, cause i am realy scared of getting it.?

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im going to the camans in july and diving about 50-60 feet and im thinking about not even diving im so scared of getting it.
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The science behind decompression sickness?

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How exactly does gas inside you cause pain, in significantly reduced, or increased pressurized areas??? And is nitrogen always the case or could it even be oxygen??
As the pressure increases, small bubbles of nitrogen are compressed to the point that they leak out of your tissues into your bloodstream. As pressure increases again (for example if you are coming up from scuba diving), the bubbles expand. They are now too big to escape your blood stream. They often get trapped in joints or elsewhere in the bloodstream and the blocked circulation causes excruciating pain. Oxygen molecules are too large to behave this way and are almost always bonded to other molecules anyway.  (+ info)

how do you get decompression sickness?

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Decompression sickness, aka nitrogen narcosis or the bends, occurs when the atmospheric pressure on a person is suddenly decrease. Air, which is mainly nitrogen, dissolves in your blood. The amount that dissolves is related to the atmospheric pressure you body is at. If the pressure is abruptly decreased, such as ascending to fast while scuba diving, the nitrogen in you blood comes out of solution and forms bubbles. These bubbles cut off blood flow in small blood vessels all over you body resulting in sever pain, possible organ damage (like strokes), sometimes seizures or even death.

The treatment is to put the person in a hyperbaric chamber. That is increase the pressure to the nitrogen again dissolve in the blood. The drop the pressure more slowly so the nitrogen will be exhaled through the lungs rather than bubbling up.  (+ info)

What are the best machines for spinal decompression?

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I want to do the spinal decompression therapy but there are different machines and I don't know which one is the best. I already saw these 2: 3DactiveTRAC, DRX9000. And I asked what machines they have at 2 other locations so maybe I'll have other names of machines to choose from. And I know nothing about it.
The only true spinal decompression machine that has the research, proof, success rates, and testimonials to prove it is the DRX9000.
The manufacturer is http://www.axiomworldwide.com   (+ info)

Should I use a custom moldable orthotic brace for my spinal decompression treatment?

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I saw 2 persons who propose a spinal decompression treatment. Both combine spinal decompression and physical therapy. But the main difference between them is that one give a custom moldable orthotic brace and not the other. So I don't know which one to use. Here are the details of the brace: Comfortable and easy to wear will stabilize healing back muscles, joints and ligaments. Worn consecutively for the first 5 treatments and after each session thereafter.
I'd ask to see their evidence....and have someone who has the level of education to evaluate the quality of the evidence read it and give you their opinion. You should be aware that a practicioner may have finanical ties to such a product and may not be giving you the best advise.

As a physical therapist, I can tell you that bracing in any type of conservative back pain rehabilitation is very sketchy...but your health care may have some information to which I am not familiar.  (+ info)

What's the difference between an air embolism and "the bends" when referring to decompression illnesses?

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Hello, I'm doing a project in which I'm relating the gas laws of chemistry to SCUBA diving, and I'm instructed to do two separate panels on both "the bends" and air embolisms. I have completed the section on "the bends," but when researching air embolisms, I feel that the two are so similar that I am having a hard time differentiating between the two. I am not too familiar with decompression illnesses, so could someone of a better understanding please help me out?
The Bends, also known as Decompression Sickness or DCS is when bubbles become blocked somewhere, typically in joint such as an elbow or shoulder. Depending upon severity, this can be quite painful. Treatment involves recompression in a chamber to reduce the size of the bubbles. "Small" bubbles are normal occurrence due to diving, but when they become too large, you get "bent."

Embolism, on the other hand, is completely different. Air Embolism is a situation where when the breath is held, the lungs become over-expanded and rupture like a balloon. The air then proceeds past the heart and straight to the brain. Since there are no nerves in the lungs it it painless. But death comes in under a minute.  (+ info)

What are the pros and cons of decompression surgery(removing a spinal disc)?

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My Mum has just been given the news that she needs spinal decompression surgery - removing one of her discs and she wants to know as much about the operation as possible. The main things are the pros and cons, and any first hand accounts of people who have had it.

Thank you in advance.
My buddy had it and there were some pros and cons.

The pros is that he had nasty, and I mean nasty pains that kept him up all nights but after the surgery they were completely gone. He can finally lift things again compared to the inability to lift a pencil prior to his surgery.

The cons was the surgeon; during the operation he slightly damaged nearby nerves and now my buddy gets funny feelings in his sciatic nerve, walks a bit funny and can't hold his stool in (has to run to the bathroom as soon as he feels it coming).

It really depends on the surgeon you get I think, if he is a pro then everything will be a-ok.  (+ info)

Does morning sickness last all day and how early in pregnancy can it start?

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I am a week and a half late on my period. Yesterday I woke up very nauseated but it went away around noon. Today i woke up a little more nauseated than yesterday and it is about to be 4pm and i still feel nauseated. Could i have a virus or could it be morning sickness?
I got morning sickness around 2 1/2 months and for me it was more like all day sickness, but when I first got morning sickness it was just in the morning. If you have other symptoms than you might be, take a test  (+ info)

What week did your morning sickness start?

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What week did your morning sickness start and go to?

I am 6 weeks tomorrow and just have had nausea no throwing up yet. What is considered morning sickness, actually throwing up or nausea or both?
nausea around 5/6 weeks...some throwing up around 7 and 8 weeks  (+ info)

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