Inner ear decompression sickness following a shallow scuba dive

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Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine

Aviat.Space Environ.Med.

Jun

563

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LR: 20041117; JID: 7501714; OID: NASA: 90314934; ppublish

UNITED STATES

0095-6562; 0095-6562

PMID: 2369397

eng

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2369397

Inner Ear Decompression Sickness (IEDCS)--manifested by tinnitus, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and hearing loss--is usually associated with deep air or mixed gas dives, and accompanied by other CNS symptoms of decompression sickness (DCS). Early recompression treatment is required in order to avoid permanent inner ear damage. We present an unusual case of a scuba diver suffering from IEDCS as the only manifestation of DCS following a short shallow scuba dive, successfully treated by U.S. Navy treatment table 6 and tranquilizers. This case suggests that diving medical personnel should be more aware of the possible occurrence of IEDCS among the wide population of sport scuba divers.

Adult, Barotrauma/diagnosis/etiology/therapy, Decompression Sickness/diagnosis/etiology/therapy, Diving/adverse effects, Ear, Middle/anatomy & histology/injuries, Humans, Male, Naval Medicine

Reissman,P., Shupak,A., Nachum,Z., Melamed,Y.

Israeli Naval Hyperbaric Institute, Haifa.

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