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Sickle Cell Anemia Otherwise, agree Wendell Grogan Trey wrote: > > George, > > > > am interested in understanding what > > you mean when you said > > > > > you have no idea what the damage is from air diving > > Red blood cells are biconcave disks that fold when needed to pass through > the smallest capillaries, many of which supply the "fastest" tissues ( the > best perfused). Nitrogen under pressure causes a surface tension effect on > the red cells which makes them rigid, and they then either will not pass or > they trigger the stretch receptors in the capillaries and thus a whole > litany of immune system reactions, which then effectively shunt the blood > away from or around these areas and results in dcs and dcs-like symptoms, > often referred to as "flu like symptoms" which are actually far more > insidious. > > Helium in sufficient amounts seems to ameliorate this effect. The stronger > the mix, the less the effect. > > Deep air diving is like giving yourself a case of Cycle Cell Anemia - that > is what happens when cells "cycle" and explains the pain that its victims > feel, as well as the loss of capacity associated therewith. > > Just one more thing that the dumb fucks that teach diving don't bother > telling you. Great bunch. This is right up there with "unearned hit" in the > irresponsible, cavalier disregard for human life displayed by the dive > "instruction" agencies, especially the ones who teach deep air, require deep > air, and used to require much deeper deep air until they lost a few > lawsuits. This shows you how fucking stupid some of these idiots really are. > > My cave instructor made me watch a film on how it works , so I got saved > form it years ago. His favorite saying to me ( besides "Don't Break Rule > Number One") was "I am going to teach you real world, and if you tell > anyone I did any of this, I will have to deny it". You see , he was my > friend, not just my instructor. I got lucky, you got fucked. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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