Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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An Epidemiological Study on the Decompression Sickness in an Underwater Work

해저작업장(海底作業場)의 감압병(減壓病) 발생(發生)에 대(對)한 역학적(疫學的) 고찰(考察)

  • Moon, Jai-Dong (Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical School, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Chin, Ill-Sup (Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical School, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Yang-Ok (Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical School, Chonnam National University)
  • 문재동 (전남대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 진일섭 (전남대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 김양옥 (전남대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Published : 1984.10.01
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Abstract

Forty one male workers employed in an underwater construction field were surveyed in the viewpoints of epidemiological analysis of decompression sickness (caisson's disease). Nineteen out of the entire forty one workers have been, or had been suffering from decompression sickness (as 46.3% of incidence rate) after decompression. The results obtained were as follows: 1. There was a significant relation between duration of work and incidence of disease. 2. Type II (severe type) comprised majority of cases (16 cases, 84.2%) despite any significant correlations were not present between severity types and recompression times. 3. Most frequently cited symptoms were lower limb pain (89.5%), upper limb pain (79.0%), pruritus (68.4%) and so on, however, 10% of patients complained of neurological symptoms. 4. There were not any significant correlations between disease incidence and worker's age or relative body weight.

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