这是当人类从高压环境,转移到较低压环境去时,招来的一种病理徵候群。在担任潜箱或潜水工作者身上,在潜艇沉没後离艇出水时,以及超过9000公尺的高空飞行等情况时,都可能发生这些徵候。根据潜水夫病的这些发病条件,Haldane氏於1908年曾建议称这一徵候群为‘压缩空气病’。直到最近,仍还广泛应用着‘减压病’这一术语。在‘潜水夫病的原因’这一问题上,曾有过各种不同的见解。Haml氏(1820)及Colladon氏(1826)曾认为这一徵候群是神经衰弱现象。Bouhy氏(1848)、Barella氏(1863)及Woodward氏(1881)等,则推测为压力降低以及体温下降的 This is when humans from the high-pressure environment, transferred to a lower pressure environment, brought a pathological syndrome. These signs may occur when working as a submarine or diving worker, when the submarine is out of the water after the ship has sunk, and at altitudes of over 9,000 meters. According to these conditions of illness, Haldane suggested in 1908 that this syndrome was “compressed air disease.” Until recently, the term ’decompression sickness’ was still widely used. There have been various opinions on the cause of diving sickness. Haml’s (1820) and Colladon’s (1826) thought this syndrome was a neurasthenic phenomenon. Bouhy’s (1848), Barella’s (1863), and Woodward’s (1881) are presumed to have decreased pressure and decreased body temperature