Dysbarism

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Effects of air pressure and water pressure
Specialty	Emergency medicine, diving medicine

Dysbarism refers to medical conditions resulting from changes in ambient pressure.^[1] Various activities are associated with pressure changes. Underwater diving is the most frequently cited example, but pressure changes also affect people who work in other pressurized environments (for example, caisson workers), and people who move between different altitudes.