NSW: Tear-bubbles could hold clue to the bends - researcher From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: March 4, 2002 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)

03-04-2002

NSW: Tear-bubbles could hold clue to the bends - researcher

By Judy Skatssoon, Health and Medical Writer

SYDNEY, March 4 AAP - Tiny bubbles in a scuba diver's tears could provide a clue they
are suffering from decompression sickness - or what's commonly known as the bends.

The discovery by a Sydney researcher could revolutionise the way the bends is currently
diagnosed and at less cost a...

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