Injury to the middle ear caused by a rapid change in pressure. May result when ears aren't cleared on a descent. Search for more information...
injury to the middle ear caused by reduced air pressure
Damage to the ear caused by extreme pressure, i.e., from diving or an unpressurized airplane .
A consequence of ventilator treatment, in which air pressure from the ventilator can burst and destroy the air sacs.
pain in (or damage to) parts of the body caused by rapid changes in air pressure
Damage to the ear caused by sudden abnormal pressure relationships affecting the external, middle, and/or inner ear. It is infrequent as a cause of tinnitus but when it does occur it may be associated with pain, hearing loss, perforated tympanic membrane, bleeding from the ear, and/or dizziness (suggestive of possible leakage of fluid from the inner ear). It can occur in connection with water sports (including diving) as well as during rapid altitude changes such as those sometimes occurring during flying in unpressurized planes.
injury to the middle ear caused by a reduction of air pressure.
Injury caused by unequal pressure between a space inside the body and the ambient pressure, or between two spaces within the body - usually caused by a too rapid ascend.
The mechanical damage to the tissues caused by unequal pressures.
any disease or injury due to unequal pressures between a space inside the body and the ambient pressure, or between two spaces within the body; examples include arterial gas embolism and pneumothorax.
Injuries resulting from the inability of expanding gasses to exit the body. For example, ear drum rupture, lung over expansion injury, pneumothorax, squeeze, sinusitis.
Injury resulting from high levels of pressure differential in the lungs
Barotrauma is physical damage to body tissues caused by a difference in pressure between an air space inside or beside the body and the surrounding gas or liquid.
