Primary Herpes Labialis Acquired during Scuba Diving Course

Short-course therapy for recurrent genital herpes and herpes labialis.

Pneumomediastinum after SCUBA diving

A pneumomediastinum is a condition in which air is present in the mediastinum. It can result from a pulmonary barotrauma which occurs during sCUBA (self contained underwater breathing apparatus) diving. We report on a fifteen-year-old patient who suffered from a pulmonary barotrauma including a pneumomediastinum after sCUBA diving. The patient was admitted to the PICU (Paediatric Intensive Care...

Fundamentals of SCUBA-Diving Physics

Diving with an underwater breathing apparatus has been the subject of research in several scientific areas for a long time. Decompression and recompression are complex and involve knowledge of physics and physiology. The purpose of this article was to review the basic physics of autonomous diving and to describe phenomena not so obvious to scientists working in other fields. Special emphasis wa...

Neurologic injuries from scuba diving.

Interest in scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) diving increased in the 1970s, and undersea diving continues to be a popular sport early in the 21st century, with approximately 3 million certified divers in the United States. The Divers Alert Network (DAN), an institution created in 1981 by the Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has collected...

Massive pneumoperitoneum after scuba diving.

Pneumoperitoneum usually indicates rupture of a hollow viscus and considered a surgical emergency. But air may also enter the peritoneum from the lung or the genital organs in female without visceral perforation. While scuba diving, the rapid ascent is usually controlled by placing in a decompression chamber and the excess gas volume is exhaled. Failure to allow this excess gas to escape will r...