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Boyle's law is important for the understanding of the pathophysiology of barotrauma. Barotrauma--any disease or injury due to unequal pressures between a hollow space inside the body and the ambient pressure, or between two spaces within the body; examples include arterial gas embolism, pneumomediastinum, and pneumothorax. It may affect the lungs, the middle ear, the inner ear, the external ear, the eyes, the teeth, the gastrointestinal tract, the skin. Symptoms remain the same whether it all happens during ascent or descent.
波义耳定律对于理解气压伤的病理生理学很重要。气压伤是指由于身体内部中空空间与环境压力之间或身体内两个空间之间压力不等而导致的任何疾病或损伤；例如动脉气体栓塞、纵隔积气和气胸。它可能影响肺部、中耳、内耳、外耳、眼睛、牙齿、胃肠道、皮肤。无论其发生在上升还是下降过程中，症状都是相同的。
