A tale of three divers: recompression therapy for divers with severe Type Ii decompression sickness with neurological deficits
Liow, M.H.; Chong, S.J.; Kang, W.L.
Singapore Medical Journal 50(5): E173-E175
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 19495502 Document Number: 634999
Decompression sickness (DCS) is manifested in a myriad of symptoms, and can affect any part of the body. It is attributed to the formation of inert gas bubbles in the blood and tissues. Following a diving incident, the pathogenesis of DCS is a result of mechanical obstruction caused by the inert gas bubbles and the body's immunological response to the bubbles. Neurological DCS may present with unusual sensory/motor symptoms that may lead to paralysis. This report describes three divers who suffered severe neurological Type II DCS and underwent recompression therapy at the Naval Hyperbaric Centre in 2007.