nitrogen narcosis

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nitrogen
noun[U]
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/ˈnaɪ.trə.dʒən/us
/ˈnaɪ.trə.dʒən/
a chemical element that is a gas with no colour or taste, forms most of the earth's atmosphere, and is a part of all ...
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Underwater, breathing air, nitrogen enters the blood, then tissues, and below 100ft m may cause euphoria commonly callednitrogennarcosis.
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On these deep dives, the divers experienced the debilitating effects ofnitrogennarcosisleading them to try the addition of helium to their breathing mix.
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Breathing at depth can causenitrogennarcosisand oxygen toxicity.
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Recreational divers are advised to restrict themselves to depths of under 100 ft beyond which the danger ofnitrogennarcosisincreases.
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Nitrogennarcosisoccurs because the absorption of gases in the blood, especially nitrogen, increase at greater depths.
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Heliox further eliminates the risk ofnitrogennarcosisbut introduces the risk of helium tremors below 500 feet (152 meters).
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It causesnitrogennarcosisin the diver, so its use is limited to shallower dives.
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A lower proportion of nitrogen is required to reducenitrogennarcosisand other physiological effects of the gas at depth.
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Other gas mixtures currently used in scuba are intended to reduce the risk of decompression sickness and the severity ofnitrogennarcosis.
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Breathing gases containing helium such as trimix are used for deeper dives to reduce the enervating effects ofnitrogennarcosis.
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Interestingly it was discovered because divers were using gas mixtures without nitrogen to be able to go to great depths without experiencingnitrogennarcosis.
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Divers sufferingnitrogennarcosismay put themselves at risk by doing stupid things such as offering their regulator or mouthpiece to a fish.
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Also, the effects ofnitrogennarcosisare more critical in a cave, even for a diver who has the same depth experience in open water.
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Nitrogennarcosisoccurs quickly and the symptoms typically disappear during the ascent, so that divers often fail to realize they were ever affected.
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Other complications arise fromnitrogennarcosisand decompression sickness, which also occur in humans.
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To avoidnitrogennarcosiswhile at maximum depth, it is common to use trimix which adds helium to replace nitrogen in the diver's breathing mixture.
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Further, many of the suggested warning signs are also symptoms ofnitrogennarcosis, and so may lead to misdiagnosis by a diver.
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Shilling researched the topics ofnitrogennarcosis, oxygen toxicity, and decompression table development including important research on surface decompression.
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Gases are absorbed by the blood and body tissues when under pressure like in scuba diving, which causes an anesthetic effect known asnitrogennarcosis.
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