Decompression sickness symptoms

If a diver ascends too quickly, the lungs cannot remove the nitrogen fast enough. Gas bubbles form in the blood, causing decompression sickness. Decompression sickness is also known as "the bends," because one of its symptoms is an inability to bend the joints. 

The symptoms of decompression sickness include bends (local pain), skin rashes, itching, neurological disturbances (scotomata, hemianopsia, diplopia, paresis, paralysis, abnormal reflexes, dysesthesia, aphasia, vertigo), respiratory distress ( chokes )> nausea, and shock (neurocirculatory... 

Decompression sickness A condition with a variety of symptoms which may result from gas or bubbles in the tissues of divers after pressure reduction. 

For each dive in which decompression sickness is suspected or symptoms are evident, the following additional information shall be recorded and maintained ... 

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