the bends
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If a diver returns to the surface too quickly, the nitrogen bubbles don't have time to dissipate - leading to a dangerous condition known as decompression sickness, also known as the bends.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024
In an archived version of the Navy's FAQ, the animals are praised, along with sea lions, for their resistance to pressure-change sickness known as "the bends" that can be detrimental to human divers when resurfacing.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2023
Mr. Keller used a new cocktail of gases intended to lessen the risks of the bends.
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2022
When divers rose to the surface too fast, they risked decompression sickness, also known as the bends, where the wrong gases build up in the blood.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022
And when I start to rise, I get a bad case of the bends.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
