http://www.midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk Dive Medicine - information for divers on different diving medicine subjects: marine animal hazards, the bends, Cardiovascular System and scuba diving, Central Nervous System and the scuba diver, Drugs and Diving, Easy Equalization for scuba divers, Eye Problems for scuba divers, women and scuba diving, Fitness and Diving, Gastrointestinal Problems and scuba diving, trauma and orthopaedic problems for scuba divers, Respiratory Problems and scuba diving. en-us webmaster@e-med.co.uk http://www.midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/ldc_logo_new_small.jpg http://www.midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk 100 50 Hi, Every time I go diving I seem to get bites on my toes. First time it happened was after diving at Swanage Pier and there were bites all over the underside of my toes and on the balls of my feet that were so painful I could hardly walk. They are indivi... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=69 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:54:36 +0000 I've been stationed out in Vietnam with work for a year, and whilst here I've been enjoying all the natural pursuits the country has to offer - amongst them, diving in inland lakes as well as off the coast, caving, longboating up the river etc. Recently I... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=68 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:55:22 +0000 I have just got back from Sharm and was stung by a fire coral a week ago, on my second dive of a series of ten. Initially it blistered into large fluid-filled bubbles all over my leg. The doctors at the hotel put white vinegar and iodine on it. Since then... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=67 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:53:24 +0000 Yesterday my wife got stung by a jellyfish whilst diving in the waters off Saudi Arabia. We washed the affected area with vinegar and soaked it in hot water. However she still has a lot of pain and no painkiller is working. She took an antihistamine shot.... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=66 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:52:14 +0000 The shores of Lake Malawi have been my home for the last few months. I've been seeking inspiration for my latest work and I thought I'd found the perfect location to galvanise my literary brain into sensuous and romantic outpourings. Sadly after an ill-ad... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=167 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:35:34 +0000 My buddy and I were recently diving in Mexico, which was excellent until the last day. We were hanging onto the shot line doing our safety stop, I had gloves on and she didn't. As she pulled herself up to the surface she cut her hand on something. It was ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=67 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:12:01 +0000 I put my hand and foot on sea urchins back in early July. I managed to get most of the spikes out but a few remained. one has just exited my finger the opposite side that it went in, two appear to be doing the same in my toe but there are two at the base ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=115 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:00:27 +0000 I have just got back from Sharm and was stung by a fire coral last Friday. It first went into a swollen bubble and they put white vinegar and iodine on it. Since then the swelling has gone down but around the wound there is a red/purple patch. I have been... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=67 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:45:30 +0000 First week of November I was diving in Gulf of Thailand and put my hand on the Sea Urchin. I removed all stings but my finger (just one) until now is still swollen and I am still unable to bend it properly. It does not look like I have anything left in my... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=115 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:25:48 +0100 Hi, I wonder if you could help. Whilst diving in the BVI's 2 weeks ago I received a coral burn on my hand from inadvertently grabbing hold of a rock to steady myself in a swell in a confined space. This was just a minor pins and needles feeling for about ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=67 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:23:45 +0000 Hi,I was recommended to email you by Kitty Jempson, our group leader for the Maldives trip going this weekend. A lot of the times I have been diving (in tropical waters) I get stung by no-one-seems-to-know-what! (perhaps tiny microscopic jell... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=69 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:38:15 +0000 I have just returned from Sharm and I have been attacked yet again by unseen beasts of the deep! I luckily wore a full wetsuit but got stung on my wrists ankles and face and lips (it was sore when it got me and my fellow divers felt the stings but didn't ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=69 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:22:31 +0000 I am hoping you can offer advice on a coral sting received 5 months ago. I am a relatively inexperienced diver, becoming Padi Open Water qualified earlier this year, and on a dive in Bora Bora in June tried to get out of the way of another diver who was h... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=67 Wed, 18 May 2005 12:46:44 +0100 My son and I swam in Lake Malawi this summer. My son, who is 16, did an intensive 5 day scuba diving course. After reading the travel books, we decided to take action, even though we have no bilharzia symptoms. Sixweeks after exposure, our GP agre... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=167 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I am planning on taken part diving in the Thames & other British fresh water sites both rivers & lakes. I would like to know of any health risk's that might be involved in diving such sites & any preventative measures I can take to protect myself. A... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=68 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I got your email address from the BSAC list of approved diving doctors and wondered if you could offer some advice. While diving in the Atlantic off the coast of La Gomera in the Canary Islands my daughter suffered a jellyfish sting on her face. We tr... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=66 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I have just returned from Mexico (Cozumel) and I have a very strange rash on my leg. While diving on the second to last day I had a sting on my leg while lying on the bottom taking a picture. The sting was not too bad and not the first either, so I ignore... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=69 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I am going to Baja California in October and after a nasty sting in the Red Sea by a jellyfish, would like to know more about how to prevent it happening again, and what to do afterwards? https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=66 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I'm planning a trip to Malawi, and obviously want to dive Lake Malawi when I'm there. I've read that there is a problem with something called bilharzia there. Should I take any precautions whilst diving there? https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=167 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I have recently returned from a diving trip to Zanzibar, where due to the fact that all my money was stolen I had to spend a few nights in a dirt cheap hotel until more was wired out to me.Since my return I have had the most awful itching on my ha... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=69 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I am going cave diving in South America and my doc is not sure what shots I need. Can you help me out? https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=69 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I am getting married next month and my fiancee is planning a surprise diving honeymoon.But my fear is that its going to be to the Barrier Reef of Australia as I found the tickets the other day. This is a problem as I have a total phobia about spid... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=69 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I have just returned from a diving holiday in the Red Sea. Last Saturday on my final dive I was stung by Fire Coral on the back of my left leg. I have burns within a 12" by 4" area, which are red and itchy. I have consulted my GP (who has no experience of... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=1&sub_cat=67 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100