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Treatment of diving barotrauma depends on the symptoms, which depend on the affected tissues. Lung over-pressure injury may require a chest drain to remove air from the pleura or mediastinum. Recompression with hyperbaric oxygen therapy is the definitive treatment for arterial gas embolism, as the raised pressure reduces bubble size, the ...
Signs and symptoms of decompression sickness; DCS type Bubble location Signs & symptoms (clinical manifestations) Musculoskeletal Mostly large joints of the limbs (elbows, shoulders, hip, wrists, knees, ankles) Localized deep pain, ranging from mild to excruciating. Sometimes a dull ache, more rarely a sharp pain.
Approximately 90 percent of patients with DCS develop symptoms within three hours of surfacing; only a small percentage become symptomatic more than 24 hours after diving. [3] Below is a summary comparison of the signs and symptoms of DCI arising from its two components: Decompression Sickness and Arterial Gas Embolism. Many signs and symptoms ...
The signs and symptoms of these may present during a dive, on surfacing, or up to several hours after a dive. The principal conditions are decompression illness (which covers decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism ), nitrogen narcosis , high pressure nervous syndrome , oxygen toxicity , and pulmonary barotrauma (burst lung).
Mild cases of barotrauma are readily treated by topical decongestants and painkillers. [5] In severe cases or cases resistant to local treatment, functional endoscopic sinus surgery is indicated in order to re-establish drainage and ventilation of the sinuses. This treatment has shown good results in aviators who have recurrent sinus barotrauma.
Barotrauma is physical injury to body tissues caused by a difference in pressure between a gas space inside or in contact with the body, and the surroundings. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Barotrauma occurs when the difference in pressure between the surroundings and the gas space makes the gas expand in volume, distorting adjacent tissues enough to rupture ...
The main symptom is usually severe central chest pain. Other symptoms include laboured breathing, voice distortion (as with helium) and subcutaneous emphysema, specifically affecting the face, neck, and chest. [4] Pneumomediastinum can also be characterized by the shortness of breath that is typical of a respiratory system problem.
Middle ear barotrauma; Other names: Ear squeeze, reverse squeeze: Symptoms: Hearing loss, local pain: Complications: inner ear barotrauma, deafness, vertigo, nausea: Causes: Pressure difference between the external environment and the gas filled space of the middle ear