Photoxic vs Photoallergic
Fundamental to both is the absorption of photons of light by a chromophore. However, once this event occurs, the mechanisms leading to cellular damage diverge.In phototoxic reactions the photosensitivity is…
Some Skin Problems in Divers
Bruce Miller, MDDr. Miller, a Dermatologist, is a Consultant for Diving Medicine Online. This is a lecture presented to Medical Seminars, 2000Travel to the tropical climes can often aggravate preexisting…
Cutaneous Manifestations of Decompression Sickness
PruritisCarl Edmonds feels that this is a common manifestation of diving in a compression chamber, most likely due to the release of small bubbles from gas dissolved in the epidermis.…
Neoprene Allergy
Neoprene allergy is seen quite often and the obvious remedy is to discontinue it's use and obtain any other kind of wet suit that serves the purpose of thermal protection.…
Photosensitivity and Diving
by Bruce Miller, MDDr. Miller, a Dermatologist, is a Consultant for Diving Medicine Online. This is a lecture presented to Medical Seminars, 2000A brief review of the physics and photobiology…
Dermatoses and Diving
by Bruce Miller, MD Dr. Miller, a Dermatologist, is a Consultant for Diving Medicine Online. This is a lecture presented to Medical Seminars, 2000 Travel to the tropical climes can…