Decompression sickness....

[scubafire]

Just a quick question brought about by the gentleman who perished diving the Doria recently....Does decompression sickness all of a sudden hit you or can you feel it coming? and if you feel it coming, can you descend and ease your way out of it?

 

[frankc420]

I think a better question would be, what does decompression sickness feel like!

 

[mfalco]

there are many symptoms.

Some are lightheadedness, pain in joints, trouble breathing

 

[mfalco]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness

This article goes into the symptoms way more than my PADI book did

 

[RJTY]

The book " The Last Dive", the author recounts his own incident in detail, including loss of hearing and sight.

 

[dherbman]

DCS is typically slower in coming on than AGE.Severe cases of DCS (such as experienced by the Rouses and BC) can result in a rapid onset of symptoms, but typical hits seem to be a gradual progression of symptoms.

 

[Blackwood]

It hits different people differently. And it may hit the same person differently time-to-time.