He went scuba diving, then on his flight back home he had aching joints and dyspnea. Why the problems?
Mike S asked:
After a week of scuba diving in the Bahamas, my friend boards an airplane back to school. During his flight home, he developes aching joints, nausea, and dyspnea, which resolve upon landing. During the flight, the cabin pressure was equivalent to an altitude of 800 feet. Why did he have these problems?
Explain his problems.
There’s a typo. The cabin pressure was equivalent to an altitude of 8000 feet. Not 800.
After a week of scuba diving in the Bahamas, my friend boards an airplane back to school. During his flight home, he developes aching joints, nausea, and dyspnea, which resolve upon landing. During the flight, the cabin pressure was equivalent to an altitude of 800 feet. Why did he have these problems?
Explain his problems.
There’s a typo. The cabin pressure was equivalent to an altitude of 8000 feet. Not 800.
