MOLECULES OF MIDDLE MASS AS AN INDICATOR OF DIVERS’ «HYPERBARIC INTOXICATION»

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the content of the molecules of middle mass before and after a simulated «diving» in the blood plasma of subjects who had different initial resistance to decompression sickness, toxic effect of nitrogen and oxygen. An increase in the concentration of the middle mass molecules was revealed after a simulated dive in a pressure chamber in the blood plasma of subjects who were unstable to the adverse effects of hyperbaric factors. The changes discovered are the most prominent in the development of decompression gas-generation and toxic effect of oxygen. Unidirectional action of unfavorable hyperbaric factors was shown to induce human endogenous intoxication with possible development of the syndrome of «hyperbaric intoxication».

Keywords

• endogenous intoxication
• diver
• decompression sickness
• the toxic effect of nitrogen
• oxygen toxicity