New diagnosis for the bends

[rmediver2002]

This was in the most recent newletter from the Institute of Diving newsletter and sounds like something very interesting to watch!!


Dr. Michael Bennet (University of South Wales) has found that after diving , a person can have a few tiny bubbles in the tear fluid that gathers in the lower eyelid. After a normal dive there can be up to three bubbles, divers who are bent may have between twenty and thirty bubbles in the fluid.

Counting the bubbles may be a quick and low cost method to aid in differential diagnosis in the near future...

Stay tuned for more information...

Jef Lane

 

[DocVikingo]

This study was made public in early March of this year.

You can read more about it in the following thread from our board archives --> http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7078&highlight=bubbles+eye

Best regards.

DocVikingo

 

[rmediver2002]

Here I thought I was on the cutting edge...

Old news to everyone but me apparently, you don't happen to have a different link available do you? The one on the previous thread is not active and I am very interested in what was published...

Thanks,
Jeff Llane

 

[DocVikingo]

I just tried that link & it worked fine.

Double click on it.

Best regards.

DocVikingo

 

[rmediver2002]

http://www.realworld.com.au/OccularTears.pdf

Darn am I checking the right one? It will not connect for me...

Jeff

 

[Dr Deco]

Dear Jeff:

Tear Film Bubbles ;-0

If these bubbles persist for more than just a few hours, they may have some value in diagnosis. Doppler bubbles are usually gone from the venous system after a couple of hours post dive even in "bent" individuals. :scuba:

This has been reported several years ago. The references are in the ASK DR DECO Forum on another thread. Available from a technical library.

The ATTACHMENT (from my Deco Physiology Class) is a photo sent to me and is courtesy of Dr Michael Lepawski of Canada. The bubbles in this case are beneath a contact lens.

Dr Deco :doctor: