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Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by RoyalBlak007: 1:26pm On Dec 13, 2018
A deep sea diver was left with arms and a chest like Popeye after a fishing accident off the coast of Pisco, in southern Peru.

Alejandro 'Willy' Ramos, 57, was deep sea diving for shellfish four years ago with a colleague and his son when a huge cargo ship cut across his vital air hose.
This was Willy's only source of compressed air and though he was able to swim to the surface, the change in pressure caused irreparable damage to his chest and arms and added 30 kilos to his frame.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6491413/Diver-left-swollen-body-like-Popeye-air-supply-cut-Peru.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by RoyalBlak007: 1:27pm On Dec 13, 2018
He swam up from 100 ft below and it is thought that nitrogen caused the damage to his pectorals and arms.
According to El Nacional , when diver's bodies experience pressure under the sea nitrogen become compressed and is deposited in fatty tissue.

But when they swim back to the surface, the nitrogen expands back into its gaseous form and the bubbles can block the blood, known as decompression syndrome.
But because Willy needed air he did not have time to climb up slowly as divers must do to prevent damage.

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by RoyalBlak007: 1:28pm On Dec 13, 2018
Willy at his home in Pisco, Peru where he shows how his condition has caused massive bloating to his upper body

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by RoyalBlak007: 1:28pm On Dec 13, 2018
Alejandro Ramos, from Pisco in Peru, having his ballooned bicep measured by Dr Raul Aguado

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by RoyalBlak007: 1:30pm On Dec 13, 2018
The newspaper reported that before the Naval Medical Centre looked at his special case, Willy had been embarrassed to live his home.

The bulky frame he had acquired made him feel uncomfortable in public and lack of funds meant he was unable to seek much treatment.
The father-of-two had to endure aching bones and his chest hissing when he breathed, the Venezuelan daily said.

Willy followed his father into the fishing business at the age of 30 and said that back then divers only had to go down about half the distance that he dove to on the day of the accident.

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by Anduku: 1:30pm On Dec 13, 2018
What the hell?
Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by RoyalBlak007: 1:30pm On Dec 13, 2018
Willy Ramos standing on a rocky beach by the South Pacific Ocean in Pisco, Peru, where he still enjoys remembering his days as a fisherman

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by RoyalBlak007: 1:31pm On Dec 13, 2018
The colossal swelling to his arm is believed to have been caused by the fast decompression of nitrogen into the blood stream after he swam to air

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by EbukaHades10(m): 1:32pm On Dec 13, 2018
No need to go to the gym again.

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by shortgun(m): 1:32pm On Dec 13, 2018
New treatment for people who want to get fat.
Reverse the procedure for people who want to slim down....sense will not kee me.

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by RoyalBlak007: 1:32pm On Dec 13, 2018
Willy Ramos enjoying a meal at his home in Pisco, Peru; although he might look like Popeye, he is not eating spinach

But shellfish had receded to the deeper waters due to over-fishing and that made things more dangerous.
Willy said he gets depressed about his deformity but thanks God that he is alive.

Doctors told El Nacional that treating the condition is difficult and requires a high-tech oxygen chamber where a higher percentage of oxygen in the air can help to repair the damaged tissue.

Unfortunately the treatment in the hyperbaric chamber became too expensive for Willy who lost his job as a result of his injuries.

As well as the pain he experiences in his arms, he also has difficulty walking and has damaged his hip from walking with the added weight, according to El Comercio.
He told El Nacional: 'The state does not care for us.'

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by LuciferRedeemer: 1:34pm On Dec 13, 2018
If you've ever worked offshore or on the sea, you'll get to know this.

Divers have one of the riskiest jobs on earth.

They must ascend very slowly to the surface to avoid this and even after getting to the surface, they are kept in a decompression tank/chamber for up to two days to get rid of all the nitrogen in their system. Some even pass out on getting to the surface because the deep sea pressure can crush a human being.

They earn much though.

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by JoseVanMoyes: 1:35pm On Dec 13, 2018
natural enlargement...
Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by OgogoroFreak(m): 1:42pm On Dec 13, 2018
He can now get a job as a bouncer. God works in mysterious ways. cheesy

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by Treasure17(m): 2:01pm On Dec 13, 2018
Haaaa. See arms like chicken lap. Nawa o

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by nzeobi(m): 2:02pm On Dec 13, 2018
abeg oh, their should be a way out of the predicament.

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by Nobody: 2:04pm On Dec 13, 2018
Where is his before pictures?

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by tstx(m): 3:52pm On Dec 13, 2018
Dangers of Diving
Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by MANNABBQGRILLS: 3:53pm On Dec 13, 2018
EbukaHades10:
No need to go to the gym again.
Ebuka, this is not funny o!

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by Blackfire(m): 3:54pm On Dec 13, 2018
Yoruba people...
Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by wink2015(m): 3:55pm On Dec 13, 2018
RoyalBlak007:
A deep sea diver was left with arms and a chest like Popeye after a fishing accident off the coast of Pisco, in southern Peru.

Alejandro 'Willy' Ramos, 57, was deep sea diving for shellfish four years ago with a colleague and his son when a huge cargo ship cut across his vital air hose.
This was Willy's only source of compressed air and though he was able to swim to the surface, the change in pressure caused irreparable damage to his chest and arms and added 30 kilos to his frame.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6491413/Diver-left-swollen-body-like-Popeye-air-supply-cut-Peru.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline


BODY NO BE FIREWOOD.

You mistreat it You see the reaction.
Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by flyca: 3:55pm On Dec 13, 2018
Please show us what he looked like before the accident. Pity embarassed

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by Nomesky: 3:55pm On Dec 13, 2018

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by sotall(m): 3:55pm On Dec 13, 2018
Ok
Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by yesloaded: 3:56pm On Dec 13, 2018
cheesy which kind heading be this?

Popeye

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by Stevewonder004(m): 3:56pm On Dec 13, 2018
This one don jam mami waterrrr but oyibo no go sabi that one...

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by Bustincole(m): 3:56pm On Dec 13, 2018
Those pple wey dey draw cartoon, always see d future

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by Corrinthians(m): 3:56pm On Dec 13, 2018
I don't understand the biochemistry of this processes. Did the cells in his body start multiplying rapidly after they were denied oxygen supply or did the deep sea pressure cause them to multiply and enlarge rather than doing the opposite?

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by ipobarethieves: 3:56pm On Dec 13, 2018
embarassed incredible Hulk

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Re: Peru Diver Left With Swollen Body 'like Popeye' After His Air Supply Was Cut Off by okwabayi(m): 3:57pm On Dec 13, 2018
This looks more like a synthol user telling lies. It’s no different from steroid injecting gym goers who claim they only take supplements.

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