Brain damage in divers

Brain Damage in Commercial Breath-Hold Divers

BACKGROUND Acute decompression illness (DCI) involving the brain (Cerebral DCI) is one of the most serious forms of diving-related injuries which may leave residual brain damage. Cerebral DCI occurs in compressed air and in breath-hold divers, likewise. We conducted this study to investigate whether long-term breath-hold divers who may be exposed to repeated symptomatic and asymptomatic brain i...

Expiratory flow limitation in compressed air divers and oxygen divers.

Divers are exposed to dense gases under hyperbaric and hyperoxic conditions and, therefore, may be at risk of developing respiratory disease. Long-term effects on respiratory function have been found in commercial divers who perform deep dives. This study was conducted to detect possible lung function changes in scuba divers who dive in shallow water using compressed air or oxygen as a breathin...

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Neuronal damage in brain inflammation.

In contrast to traditional textbook paradigms, recent studies indicate neuronal damage in classic neuroinflammatory diseases of the brain, such as multiple sclerosis or meningitis. In these cases, immune cells invade the central nervous system compartments, accompanied by a massive breakdown of the blood-brain barrier and typical changes of the cerebrospinal fluid. On the other hand, inflammati...

Thromboinflammation in Stroke Brain Damage.

The main goal of ischemic stroke treatment is rapid recanalization of the occluded blood vessel to limit brain injury and to salvage threatened cerebral tissue. To achieve early vessel recanalization, thrombolysis using recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator is currently the only approved pharmacological intervention. Only recently, endovascular therapy has made its way into the clinic e...