You probably heard about deep-sea diving with suits in which thedivers breath fluids. The movie \"The Abyss\" portrays itwonderfully. The diver is put into a diving suit which is filledwith an oxygen-rich fluid that he can breath. After somedisorientation, the diver starts to breath the fluid and can diveto depths of up to hunderds or thousands of meters. (Don't you lovesci-fi?)
Still, one thing puzzles me. There's more air in a body thanjust in your lungs. What about all the air in the Eustachian tubesin your ears? Won't your eardrums rip when the pressure changesthat much and there's still air in those tubes? And what about thegasses in your bowls or stomache? Will they dissolve or will youalso need some sort of an enema when you dive to those depths? Isit vital to burp so that all the gasses in your stomache are gone?And are there any other air bubbles inside a body that usually areharmless but could seriously injure someone at those depths?
