Decompression sickness

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title: Decompression sickness
text: Decompression sickness is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression. DCS most commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can also result from other causes of depressurisation, such as emerging from a caisson, decompression from saturation, flying in an unpressurised aircraft at high altitude, and extravehicular activity from spacecraft. DCS and arterial gas embolism are
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description: Disorder caused by dissolved gases forming bubbles in tissues
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness
date created: 2002-07-08T19:07:58Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T06:43:22Z
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