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caisson disease
caisson diseasen. Decompression sickness.caisson disease n (Pathology) another name for decompression sickness decompres′sion sick`ness
n. an acute disorder involving the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the body fluids, caused by a sudden drop in external pressure, as during a too-rapid ascent from diving, and resulting in pain in the lungs and joints and faintness. [1940–45] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  caisson disease - pain resulting from rapid change in pressurebends, decompression sickness, gas embolism, aeroembolism, air embolismillness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism |
caisson disease
caisson disease[′kā‚sän di‚zēz] (medicine) A condition resulting from a rapid change in atmospheric pressure from high to normal, causing nitrogen bubbles to form in the blood and body tissues. Also known as bends; compressed-air illness. decompressionThe reduction of atmospheric pressure. Particularly, various techniques for preventing decompression sickness (also called caisson disease by gradual decompression. Decompression sickness is caused by the evolution of nitrogen bubbles in the body as a result of the effects of reduced atmospheric pressure. Normal symptoms of decompression sickness are the bends, chokes, and creeps; unconsciousness; and neurological symptoms. It can be potentially fatal if the original higher pressure is not restored. Fighter crews use pressure suits and pressure breathing to avoid the effects of decompression sickness. A sudden decrease in cabin pressure, which may be the result of either some component of the aircraft—such as doors, windows, or the cockpit canopy—giving way or a rupture taking place in the structure, is called explosive decompression. See also chokes and creeps.
decompression sicknessA sickness caused by the evolution of nitrogen bubbles in the body as a result of the effects of reduced atmospheric pressure. Normal symptoms of decompression sickness are the bends, chokes, creeps, unconsciousness, and neurological symptoms. It can be potentially fatal if the original higher pressure is not restored. Fighter crews use pressure suits and pressure breathing to avoid the effects of decompression sickness. Also called aeroembolism, the bends, and caisson disease.caisson disease
caisson disease [ka´son] see decompression sickness.de·com·pres·sion sick·nessa symptom complex caused by the escape from solution in the body fluids of nitrogen bubbles absorbed originally at high atmospheric pressure, as a result of abrupt reduction in atmospheric pressure (either rapid ascent to high altitude or return from a compressed-air environment); it is characterized by headache; pain in the arms, legs, joints, and epigastrium; itching of the skin; vertigo; dyspnea; coughing; choking; vomiting; weakness (and sometimes) paralysis; and severe peripheral circulatory collapse. Bone infarcts can occur from bubbles in nutrient vessels leading to long-term consequences.
See also: caisson sickness. Synonym(s): caisson disease, decompression disease, diver's palsycaisson diseasen. Decompression sickness.A condition caused by long-term whole body decompression, with repeated intravascular ‘boiling’ of nitrogen and resultant morbidity of workers in high-pressure environments—e.g., caissonscaisson disease Chronic decompression sickness Occupational medicine A condition caused by long-term whole body decompression, with repeated 'boiling' of nitrogen and resultant M&M of workers in high-pressure environments–eg, caissons Clinical Dysbaric–ischemic osteonecrosis with medullary infarcts of femoral, humoral, and tibial heads and rarely, CA–malignant fibrous histiocytoma arising in bone infarcts. Cf the Bends. de·com·pres·sion sick·ness (dē-kŏm-presh'ŭn sik'nĕs) A symptom complex caused by the escape from solution in the body fluids of nitrogen bubbles absorbed originally at high atmospheric pressure, as a result of abrupt reduction in atmospheric pressure (either rapid ascent to high altitude or return from a compressed-air environment); it is characterized by headache; pain in the arms, legs, joints, and epigastrium; itching of the skin; vertigo; dyspnea; coughing; choking; vomiting; weakness; possible paralysis; and severe peripheral circulatory collapse.
Synonym(s): caisson disease. caisson disease A disorder affecting divers who return to the surface too rapidly after being under high presure. Nitrogen in solution in the blood and tissues is released as bubbles which block small arteries and cause pains in the joints (the ‘bends’), severe cramps, paralysis and even death.caisson disease
Synonyms for caisson diseasenoun pain resulting from rapid change in pressureSynonyms- bends
- decompression sickness
- gas embolism
- aeroembolism
- air embolism
Related Words- illness
- sickness
- unwellness
- malady
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