Freak Diving Accident Causes Man’s Body to Swell Up And Doctors Have No Idea How to Fix It

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For more than a decade, a Peruvian diver has been trying to get rid of pockets of nitrogen that formed under his skin when he surfaced too quickly. Alejandro “Willy” Ramos Martínez suffers from a condition known as decompression sickness — also known as “room sickness” — which occurs when a person experiences a sudden drop in ambient pressure. This type of illness is common among divers who make deep dives and do not follow proper decompression …