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  1. Decompression sickness is an illness brought
  2. about by a sudden and substantial change in
  3. atmospheric pressure. It is caused by a too
  4. rapid release of nitrogen that has been
  5. dissolved into the bloodstream under
  6. pressure, this then can cause the bends. 
  7. The condition causes breathing difficulties,
  8. joint and muscle pain, and cramps, and is
  9. experienced mostly by deep-sea divers who
  10. surface too quickly. 
  11.  
  12. See also BENDS.
  13.  
  14. Subject by: Shaun Jey
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