Does Type I DCS go away?

[Dr Deco]

Hello liberato:

Dehydration

The author of the article did state that having something to drink before a dive will increase the inert nitrogen load, supposedly because there is more fluid in which to dissolve the nitrogen itself. In actuality, this is not all that important as it is only the nitrogen that is dissolved in [supposedly] tendon and ligament tissue, or nerve tissue, that will result in DCS.

Dr Deco :doctor:

 

[liberato]

Thanks, that's why I pointed it out. It seemed an unusual statement.

 

[Alex in L.A.]

In general, joint pain DCS will remit on its own. HOWEVER, it is never clear that neurological DCS will not develop as joint pain is vanishing.

Dr. Deco, does this chain of events imply a direct relationship between the joint pain and the neurological DCS? For example, pain in an elbow turns into neurological problems in the same arm? Or is the idea here just that if you have enough problematic bubbles to cause joint pain in one part of the body, there may be enough to manifest as a neurological hit somewhere else?

 

[Dr Deco]

Hello alex:

Nuclei

Physical activity is a generator of tissue nuclei and these can grow into an array of gas bubbles in such number as to cause problems. Thus, activity will case the growth of bubbles in connective tissue (e.g. of the arm) as well as nuclei in muscle and quite possibly in peripheral nerve tissue of the arm. It is not necessary that these bubbles grow at the same rate. Joint pain could develop before neurological problems appear.

Musculoskeletal activity would generate nuclei especially in muscle capillaries of the active limb. We notice this when we examine Doppler bubbles. These arise in the capillaries of exercise limbs and are detected in the veins draining active muscle.

Dr Deco :doctor:

 

[Dr Deco]

Hello alex:

Nuclei

Physical activity is a generator of tissue nuclei and these can grow into an array of gas bubbles in such number as to cause problems. Thus, activity will case the growth of bubbles in connective tissue (e.g. of the arm) as well as nuclei in muscle and quite possibly in peripheral nerve tissue of the arm. It is not necessary that these bubbles grow at the same rate. Joint pain could develop before neurological problems appear.

Musculoskeletal activity would generate nuclei especially in muscle capillaries of the active limb. We notice this when we examine Doppler bubbles. These arise in the capillaries and are detected in the veins draining active muscle.

Dr Deco :doctor: