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Ask professor Ossolotch.(Discoveries)(decompression sickness)
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What are the bends?
Topher Miller
Davis, Calif.
Dear Topher,
The bends is the common term for decompression sickness, The condition happens to deep-sea divers who surface too quickly. Dissolved nitrogen gas in the blood comes out of solution as a diver ascends and the pressure of the water on the diver decreases. Gas bubbles form in the blood in the same way they do when you open a soft-drink can.
The bubbles cause headaches, dizziness, shortness of breath, excruciating pain, and permanent tissue damage. The term bends comes ...
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