Frequently Asked Questions on Diving Medicine

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column el_class=”page-text”][vc_column_text]If you were symptom-free for four full days, then it is unlikely that subsequent symptoms are related to decompression illness and your dive. The nitrogen you absorbed during your dives has to follow the physiology of basic gas laws – it cannot stay in the body tissues once the partial pressure of nitrogen in the ambient air we breathe drops down to sea-level pressures. Although nitrogen leaves the body in a much slower fashion than we take it on, it still must leave. After diving, you should be equilibrated to ambient nitrogen in 24 hours. If the pain can be produced with movement of the affected joint only, then it is more than likely a musculoskeletal strain or injury. The pain generally associated with decompression illness is not affected by movement or lack of movement and usually remains fairly constant. The ability to reproduce the symptom with movement indicates a stress or repetitive movement injury. If you have not seen your personal physician it would be wise to do so. Appropriate therapy is indicated to prevent permanent injuries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column el_class=”page-text”][vc_column_text]Wenn Sie vier volle Tage lang beschwerdefrei waren, ist es unwahrscheinlich, dass die nachfolgenden Symptome mit einer Dekompressionskrankheit und Ihrem Tauchgang zusammenhängen. Der Stickstoff, den Sie während Ihrer Tauchgänge aufgenommen haben, muss den physiologischen Grundgesetzen der Gase folgen – er kann nicht im Körpergewebe verbleiben, sobald der Stickstoffpartialdruck in der Umgebungsluft, die wir atmen, auf den Druck auf Meereshöhe abfällt. Obwohl Stickstoff den Körper viel langsamer verlässt, als wir ihn aufnehmen, muss er dennoch den Körper verlassen. Nach dem Tauchen sollte der Körper innerhalb von 24 Stunden wieder den Stickstoffgehalt der Umgebungsluft erreicht haben. Wenn die Schmerzen nur durch Bewegung des betroffenen Gelenks hervorgerufen werden können, handelt es sich höchstwahrscheinlich um eine muskuloskelettale Überlastung oder Verletzung. Die Schmerzen, die im Allgemeinen mit einer Dekompressionskrankheit in Verbindung gebracht werden, werden durch Bewegung oder Bewegungsmangel nicht beeinflusst und bleiben in der Regel relativ konstant. Die Fähigkeit, das Symptom durch Bewegung zu reproduzieren, deutet auf eine Belastungs- oder Überlastungsverletzung hin. Wenn Sie noch nicht Ihren Hausarzt aufgesucht haben, wäre es ratsam, dies zu tun. Eine geeignete Therapie ist angezeigt, um dauerhafte Verletzungen zu verhindern.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column el_class=”page-text”][vc_column_text]Si vous n’avez présenté aucun symptôme pendant quatre jours complets, il est peu probable que les symptômes apparus par la suite soient liés à un accident de décompression et à votre plongée. L’azote que vous avez absorbé pendant vos plongées doit suivre les lois fondamentales de la physiologie des gaz : il ne peut pas rester dans les tissus corporels une fois que la pression partielle de l’azote dans l’air ambiant que nous respirons descend au niveau de la pression atmosphérique au niveau de la mer. Bien que l’azote quitte le corps beaucoup plus lentement qu’il n’y pénètre, il doit tout de même être éliminé. Après une plongée, vous devriez être en équilibre avec l’azote ambiant en 24 heures. Si la douleur peut être provoquée uniquement par le mouvement de l’articulation touchée, il s’agit alors très probablement d’une tension ou d’une blessure musculo-squelettique. La douleur généralement associée au mal de décompression n’est pas affectée par le mouvement ou l’absence de mouvement et reste généralement assez constante. La possibilité de reproduire le symptôme par le mouvement indique une blessure due au stress ou à des mouvements répétitifs. Si vous n’avez pas consulté votre médecin traitant, il serait judicieux de le faire. Un traitement approprié est indiqué pour prévenir des blessures permanentes.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column el_class=”page-text”][vc_column_text]If you were symptom-free for four full days, then it is unlikely that subsequent symptoms are related to decompression illness and your dive. The nitrogen you absorbed during your dives has to follow the physiology of basic gas laws – it cannot stay in the body tissues once the partial pressure of nitrogen in the ambient air we breathe drops down to sea-level pressures. Although nitrogen leaves the body in a much slower fashion than we take it on, it still must leave. After diving, you should be equilibrated to ambient nitrogen in 24 hours. If the pain can be produced with movement of the affected joint only, then it is more than likely a musculoskeletal strain or injury. The pain generally associated with decompression illness is not affected by movement or lack of movement and usually remains fairly constant. The ability to reproduce the symptom with movement indicates a stress or repetitive movement injury. If you have not seen your personal physician it would be wise to do so. Appropriate therapy is indicated to prevent permanent injuries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column el_class=”page-text”][vc_column_text]If you were symptom-free for four full days, then it is unlikely that subsequent symptoms are related to decompression illness and your dive. The nitrogen you absorbed during your dives has to follow the physiology of basic gas laws – it cannot stay in the body tissues once the partial pressure of nitrogen in the ambient air we breathe drops down to sea-level pressures. Although nitrogen leaves the body in a much slower fashion than we take it on, it still must leave. After diving, you should be equilibrated to ambient nitrogen in 24 hours. If the pain can be produced with movement of the affected joint only, then it is more than likely a musculoskeletal strain or injury. The pain generally associated with decompression illness is not affected by movement or lack of movement and usually remains fairly constant. The ability to reproduce the symptom with movement indicates a stress or repetitive movement injury. If you have not seen your personal physician it would be wise to do so. Appropriate therapy is indicated to prevent permanent injuries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]