Tauchmedizinische Beratung in der gynäkologischen Praxis

Increasingly, women of all ages are enjoying scuba diving. Therefore gynaecological issues involved diving medicine need to be considered in order be able to give suitable advice. Here we describe the effects of diving on body functions, and comment on the special aspects of decompression sickness in female divers, diving with breast implants, diving when taking oral contraceptives or during pregnancy and lactation, and after gynaecological surgery or tumour disease.