FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY : A FACTOR IN CAISSON DISEASE.

Aseptic necrosis of bone in caisson disease.

Caisson disease, or decompression sickness, is encountered when a raised atmospheric pressure on the body is reduced too rapidly and excess gases which have been held in solution in the blood and tissue fluids are set free as their solubility decreases. Typically the condition is manifested by tingling and paraesthesia, itching of the skin, and by bone and joint pains. The symptoms vary within ...

Munchausen's syndrome simulating caisson disease.

Caisson disease in Thailand: Death rate

Caisson disease is an important condition that can be seen in diver. It is an important form of decompression illness that requires proper therapeutic management[1,2]. The problem can be sporadically seen in any coastal country. In Thailand, as a country with a long coastal line of more than one thousand kilometers, this problem can be seen. According to the recent report, this condition is an ...

Decompression sickness during the sinking of a caisson; a study of some factors in the pathogenesis of caisson disease.

Most of the studies of decompression sickness in industry have been made during the construction of tunnels. The sinking of a caisson, however, is a much briefer undertaking involving certain special features not encountered in tunnel work. Work of this type has received relatively little attention in recent years, although caisson sinking is performed all over the world. This paper describes a...

AGE proteins as a causative factor in Alzheimer's Disease

The reaction between reducing sugars and protein free amines, known as the Maillar reaction results in the formation of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs). AGE modification changes the structure of proteins to amyloid cross-beta structure. These protein structures can activate receptors known as RAGE on glial cells (microglia and astrocytes), and induce the expression of inducible nitric oxi...