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>From: "Dr Mark Trowell" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Compressed air
>Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 22:51:28 +0100
>One of my patients in his 50s, has a friend who says that his bones a
>"rotting" having used compressed air power tools at work for many
>years. My
>patient is now getting bilateral shoulder pains. He is convinced that
>there
>is a genuine connection between compressed air use and "rotting" bones.
>Can anyone enlighten me?
He has heard of Caisson DIsease, I suppose, but perhaps not realised it
only happens if you breath the compressed air.
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