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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.
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- Bends
- Caisson Disease
- Caisson Diseases
- Disease, Caisson
- Diseases, Caisson
- Sickness, Decompression
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- National Library of Medicine. Decompression Sickness. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003665. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003665
- Decompression Sickness. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness
- Decompression Sickness. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460591