What are common post chamber trip symptoms? How does one know if all the nitrogen is really gone?
Post Chamber Symptoms?
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Hmm. It's been awhile, but my experience as a chamber attendant gave me lots and lots of rides.
Mostly, I remember being frazzled. Disheveled hair, skin sticky from the sweat, sore back and numb buttocks, releaved to be back into cool air that I could stand up in. About the same symptoms from your basic closet-sized sauna.
Oh, yes, I forgot hungry.
As for the nitrogen elimination, well, I never felt any differently. Either you're fine, or bent. Pretty much like "regular" diving. If you push it, maybe you'll have the niggles. I did have a mild case of skin bends once, but that's it.
All the best, James
P.S. I suppose, (correctly speaking), that disheveled hair would be a sign, not a symptom. Ha!
Mostly, I remember being frazzled. Disheveled hair, skin sticky from the sweat, sore back and numb buttocks, releaved to be back into cool air that I could stand up in. About the same symptoms from your basic closet-sized sauna.
Oh, yes, I forgot hungry.
As for the nitrogen elimination, well, I never felt any differently. Either you're fine, or bent. Pretty much like "regular" diving. If you push it, maybe you'll have the niggles. I did have a mild case of skin bends once, but that's it.
All the best, James
P.S. I suppose, (correctly speaking), that disheveled hair would be a sign, not a symptom. Ha!
The only symptoms I have seen post treatment were residual in nature from the orignial acident, often if people delay getting to the chamber the bubbles do thier damage (even if the N2 is eliminated the symptoms remain to some extent due to tissue damage)
Other things patients will notice, often a slightly irritated / dry throat from the O2, and as mentioned above sticky from the humidity in the tube.
That said I do know of one case treating two patients together, one with complications from diabetes / poor circulation / infection. He contracted a fungal growth within his respiratory system and with his weak immune system developed pnuemonia
Other things patients will notice, often a slightly irritated / dry throat from the O2, and as mentioned above sticky from the humidity in the tube.
That said I do know of one case treating two patients together, one with complications from diabetes / poor circulation / infection. He contracted a fungal growth within his respiratory system and with his weak immune system developed pnuemonia
scubalaurel:
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