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TARAVANA
Is the nitrogen sickness that happens in freedive. This happens in “repetitive deep dives “with a’ short
recuperation time’.
Was known in Polynesian pearl divers, taravana, found in the Tuamotu Archipelago in the South Pacific, and
first time in medical article was published at 1964 by Paulev,
-Decompression sickness following repeated breath-hold dives .journal of applied
physiology
Although this phenomena is observed in sea mammals to. Lots of articles are found in marine physiology-
Dolphin lung collapse and intramuscular circulation during free diving: evidence from nitrogen washout -
Science, Vol 206, Issue 4423, 1182-1183
Extreme diving of beaked whales - Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 4238-4253
(2006 …
The symptoms of taravana are the same as the “decompression sickness” compressed air divers, and the
treatment is the decompression chamber.
Although Taravana is likely to be decompression sickness, there are some features which do not fit the
picture of decompression sickness and other causes such as hypoxia have been proposed.
Dr. Paulev described the development of decompression sickness in a Danish Naval Medical officer. He states
"The author has intimate knowledge of the event, because the medical officer happens to be himself." He
performed about 60 dives to 100 feet with a two minute bottom time, and surface intervals of 1-2 minutes.
After about 5 hours of free diving, he noticed pain, paralysis of the legs, nausea, visual changes and
weakness of the right arm. He was treated with recompression, and following a full treatment table, all
abnormalities disappeared.
Is the nitrogen sickness that happens in freedive. This happens in “repetitive deep dives “with a’ short
recuperation time’.
Was known in Polynesian pearl divers, taravana, found in the Tuamotu Archipelago in the South Pacific, and
first time in medical article was published at 1964 by Paulev,
-Decompression sickness following repeated breath-hold dives .journal of applied
physiology
Although this phenomena is observed in sea mammals to. Lots of articles are found in marine physiology-
Dolphin lung collapse and intramuscular circulation during free diving: evidence from nitrogen washout -
Science, Vol 206, Issue 4423, 1182-1183
Extreme diving of beaked whales - Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 4238-4253
(2006 …
The symptoms of taravana are the same as the “decompression sickness” compressed air divers, and the
treatment is the decompression chamber.
Although Taravana is likely to be decompression sickness, there are some features which do not fit the
picture of decompression sickness and other causes such as hypoxia have been proposed.
Dr. Paulev described the development of decompression sickness in a Danish Naval Medical officer. He states
"The author has intimate knowledge of the event, because the medical officer happens to be himself." He
performed about 60 dives to 100 feet with a two minute bottom time, and surface intervals of 1-2 minutes.
After about 5 hours of free diving, he noticed pain, paralysis of the legs, nausea, visual changes and
weakness of the right arm. He was treated with recompression, and following a full treatment table, all
abnormalities disappeared.
