Decompression sickness

Introduction: Decompression sickness

Description of Decompression sickness

Decompression sickness (medical condition): Condition from overly rapid decompression, especially when diving...more »

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Decompression sickness: pain resulting from rapid change in pressure.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Decompression sickness: A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form bubbles in body fluid and blood. These gas bubbles accumulate in joint spaces and the peripheral circulation impairing tissue oxygenation causing disorientation, severe pain, and potentially death.
Source: Diseases Database

Decompression sickness: A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form bubbles in body fluid and blood. These gas bubbles accumulate in joint spaces and the peripheral circulation impairing tissue oxygenation causing disorientation, severe pain, and potentially death.
Source: MeSH 2007

Decompression sickness: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Decompression sickness:

• Decompression
• Decompression disease
• Sickness
• Complex
• Escape
• Solution
• Body
• Body symptoms (5672 causes)

Decompression sickness as a Disease

Decompression sickness (medical condition): See Decompression sickness (disease information).
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Decompression sickness: Related Diseases

Decompression sickness: Decompression sickness is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Other conditions resulting from external causes

More information on medical condition: Decompression sickness:

• Information about Decompression sickness
• Basic Summary for Decompression sickness
• Risk Factors for Decompression sickness
• Symptoms of Decompression sickness
• Complications of Decompression sickness
• Treatments for Decompression sickness

Decompression sickness: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Decompression sickness:

• scuba diving
• diver's diseasearterial air embolism
• dysbarism
• pitting edema
• formication
• labyrinthitis

Terms associated with Decompression sickness:

Terms Similar to Decompression sickness:

• Bends
• Caisson disease
• Dysbaric osteonecrosis

Source: Diseases Database

• aeroembolism
• air embolism
• gas embolism
• caisson disease
• bends

Source - WordNet 2.1

• Bends
• Caisson Disease

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Decompression sickness

• Barotrauma

Source - MeSH 2007

• illness
• unwellness
• malady
• sickness

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Decompression sickness

• diving /swimming
• dysbarism

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Decompression sickness

The following list attempts to classify Decompression sickness into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Disorders of Environmental Origin
  • Wounds and Injuries
    • Barotrauma
      • Decompression Sickness

External links related to: Decompression sickness

• eMedicine - Decompression Sickness : Article by Stephen A Pulley, DO
• eMedicine - Barotrauma : Article by Joseph Kaplan, MD, FACEP
• eMedicine - Dysbarism : Article by Stephen A Pulley, DO
• Medcyclopaedia - Dysbaric osteonecrosis

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