Obesity and Scuba Diving
Obesity and Decompression IllnessThere is a considerable body of work relating an increased incidence of DCS to increased percentage of body fat. Higher DCS rates have been noted in the…
Nutrition and Scuba Diving
Eating for Diving As your diving season arrives, it might be a good time to remind everyone about eating for diving. Over my many years of diving, I have had…
Bladder, Prostate and Urinary Tract Surgery
BladderBladder drainage systems (catheters) have bulbs or balloons that require inflating in order to secure them in place. A diver with one of these should ensure that the bulb does…
Renal Stones and Kidney Infections
A diver with renal stones or infection poses a problem as to the differential diagnosis of renal colic and pain from infection and the symptoms of decompression sickness.Stones and stents…
Polycystic Kidney Disease
In this condition there are innumerable fluid-filled cysts in the kidneys. Early on this offers little or no risk due to diving since there is no abrogation of Boyle's law.…
Kidney Transplant and Diving
Transplant patients would be at little risk of sport diving given good recovery from the surgery and no evidence of organ rejection. However, there are risks for diving in the…
Kidney Problems and Diving
Diving and the physical changes that take place with the underwater environment have little to relate to the urological system. There is very little in the way of articles and…
Long Term Effects of Sport Diving
As the popularity of SCUBA diving continues to grow, scientists are better able to determine what the long-term effects, if any, are on the human body. For every overt case…
Oxygen Toxicity
The effects of oxygen are increased at depth so that the maximum PO2 in diving is 1.6 ATA, and this is achieved at 218 fsw breathing air, 132 fsw breathing…
Chronic Neurological Adverse Effects of Diving
POSSIBLE NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTSThere is evidence of neuropathological changes in the CNS of some divers who, at the time of death, had had no recorded incidence of decompression illness and who…
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