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 We are going to the Maldives soon and I would appreciate your advice on inter-island seaplane flights after diving.We are having six days on an island and had assumed that we could dive only on the first five days because of needing a dry day ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=110 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:25:15 +0000 Hi, I spoke to someone on the London Diving Chamber 24 hour advice line who recommended I send you a quick email regarding some tingling I'm having in my left arm. I was doing my PADI Open Water course in the swimming pool yesterday and was at a depth of ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=93 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:17:27 +0100 People always say that you should ask a question even if it seems stupid, because a lot of people probably want to know the answer but are too embarrassed to admit it. So here goes my stupid question: how does oxygen work as a treatment in DCS? We're all ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=90 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:03:37 +0000 My question concerns the skin symptoms of decompression sickness. On a liveaboard in Papua New Guinea recently one of the group got severe itching after a deepish dive (42m for about 35 minutes). There were no problems on the dive at all. The itching was ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=85 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:29:49 +0000 On a recent trip to an unidentified exotic location (I'd rather not say where we were to prevent embarrassment!), we had the opportunity to do some sightseeing from a non-pressurised plane, which we took full advantage of. We then hopped over to another i... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=110 Sun, 09 May 2010 06:39:07 +0100 As well as being a keen diver I also have a passion for hang-gliding. I suspect I already know the answer to my question, but I'm going to ask it anyway - would it be safe for me to go hang-gliding after a dive? I'm guessing "no", but I wondered whether t... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=110 Sun, 09 May 2010 06:36:11 +0100 I've heard a lot about the mandatory wait before flying home after a dive trip, but is there any advice or issue with the reverse situation, ie. diving after flying? My thinking is that if I'm going on a dive holiday for a week, and know I can't dive on t... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=110 Sun, 09 May 2010 06:34:24 +0100 I was returning from an overseas business trip recently and heard over the tannoy one of the stewardesses asking for a doctor. It turned out that someone was having an angina attack and they wanted some medical help. It all passed off without incident but... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=110 Sun, 09 May 2010 06:28:59 +0100 I've read that diving mammals such as whales have large amounts of body fat, which I suppose is there to keep them warm. So why don't they get the bends? Isn't fat partly to blame for decompression sickness? https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=90 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:19:44 +0000 I have a recompression treatment question. Do you use different recompression tables when treating a diver with DCI, depending on what depth they got symptoms, or which gas they have been using? If someone has been diving on a rebreather or trimix, does t... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=90 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:37:52 +0000 I have been experiencing balance, coordination problems, and tremors since my last dive. My last dive was a long time ago, 6 weeks in fact, but to explain: I had an uncontrolled rapid ascent, bottom depth 21 metres, lost control around 14 metres. I emptie... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=93 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:08:38 +0000 Are there any tests for decompression illness? https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=90 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:17:18 +0100 At the time I was put on oxygen and after about 30 minutes my sight was fine. I suffered no other symptoms. After a couple of days I resumed diving with no problems.However - and four years later - on a plane journey yesterday I was sitting at... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=87 Mon, 19 May 2008 12:15:25 +0100 I bought a holiday home in Italy many years ago and have visited every summer for the last 10 years. It's at about 1000m above sea level and has amazing views over the Adriatic. I always wondered what diving was like so a few years back I took a trip down... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=110 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:45:14 +0100 I've got a feeling that I never sent my last message. Sorry if I did. My question was that I had DCS Type 2 three weeks ago (bubble in the brain). I had 5 hours in the chamber and have fully recovered. Are there any rules to do with consuming alcoho... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=93 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:35:56 +0100 I have recently undergone treatment for a bend for the second time this year. As for the first one, I have been advised not to dive for 6 weeks then that I should be OK. The doctor has said he is not worried about a PFO or other susceptibility, but I... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=93 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:00:25 +0100 We have just returned from a trip to Tobago. We did a night dive with two inexperienced Germans on their third dive of the day. Having lost his fin, his torch, and after a bit of a panic ran out of air, His buddy gave him his alternate, but they were... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=93 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:33:56 +0100 I am just back from 2 weeks diving in St Lucia. Great first week with 8 dives over 4 days but was not well the 2nd week. I moved resorts for week 2 and went on one of those day trips around the island but felt completely worn out by the next day. Howev... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=93 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:23:26 +0100 About an hour after the second dive of the day I started to itch (below breasts and tummy), which I first thought was an allergic reaction (sun....) but I could not see any rash and the following day I was ok so I went diving again, which again resul... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=85 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:51:18 +0100 I wonder if you could give me some medical advice. I took up scuba diving about 6 months ago and very shortly afterwards developed pains in my muscles, which was then diagnosed as being a virus called Polymyalgia Rheumatica. I have been taki... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=86 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:26:33 +0000 Recently I returned from a live aboard trip to Red Sea. After my second dive, I experienced quite bad bruising and blotchiness to the stomach area, and pain and redness on the fatty areas of my thighs, it was also very painful, after a few hours this went... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=85 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:01:36 +0000 This is probably a silly question but I will ask it anyway. I was doing my rescue dive exam day off Sharm in September. I did the required search pattern exercise at 12m (approximately 10-12 minutes) about an hour and a half later I carried o... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=93 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:20:07 +0000 I have recently returned from a holiday in Tenerife. 3 days ago. I did a dive to 30m. This was a dive that started at around 15m and went gradually deeper. At the end of the dive I found that my computer (Vyper) had a diver attention symbol showing and th... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=86 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:08:42 +0000 Dear Doc Have written to you prev for help - you've been great so hope you don't mind me asking you something else. Got back from a week hols in Sharm yesterday. We did 4 dives (2 Tues and 2 Weds). (Got there week last Sunday) Went on first dive Tuesday (... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=89 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:33:40 +0100 I returned from a diving trip in Sharm last week, during my last days diving (14th), dives to 29.5m and 23.4 metres with a 1hour 11 minute surface interval were done in the morning and I skipped the pm dive. During the 2nd dive I started to experience a ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=86 Wed, 18 May 2005 03:23:59 +0100 I have recently returned from a diving expedition to Roatan. On the morning of Friday 2nd March I got decompression sickness. I was on a 30/14 profile but my max depth was 25m, my buddy had a dive computer and the ascent was fine, with a 3 minute ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=93 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 About a month ago, I went diving at less than 30m. After 30 mins, we were surfacing when I wasn't able to control my buoyancy for the safety stop. I went to around 2 m then struggled back to 5m. After the dive, I experienced a "stiff neck" which bothers m... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=86 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 On March 2002, I went to Dahab for a dive trip. We had repetitive dives of 3 in a day. All together we had 5 dives only.Due to instability of my buoyancy control I was ascending and descending fast from 10 m up to almost 1 m and then down to 7... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=86 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 Am I right in thinking that treatment for DCS is on the NHS or do some Chambers bill the diver afterwards? https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=90 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 My wife and myself went to Stoney Cove last weekend to do a dry suit course. My wife had a membrane suit, hood and 2m gloves, skiing underwear and thinsulate undersuit. The first dive, maximum 20m (average 10m) for 31 mins. Water Temp 13c. After this dive... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=85 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I suspect that I may have a possible bend and would like some advice. I have been a bit daft and left this a long time. I return from a diving holiday in Egypt at the beginning of June and since then have had a constant ache in my left knee (just below th... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=86 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I had a Type 1 bend in Scapa Flow in April and was treated with a table 6 recompression. I have since see my diving doctor, who gave me a check up and a HSE Certificate (Recreational Divemaster) without any restrictions on my diving i.e. Depth limits etc.... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=93 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 Following the DM course 27/28/29 of Sept, I started having an ache in my right knee, three days after the course, it comes and goes. Today my right elbow is aching. I only had three dives that weekend. Friday 7.2m for 11 mins and Sunday 14.4m for 43 mins ... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=86 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I am probably wasting your time and apologise if so. However, I often read in the Sport Diver magazine of people getting the bends even in mostunlikely circumstances and since I am going skiing in the Alps on March 7th I thought it is better to ask now th... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=86 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I am a diving instructor from Switzerland, I am at the moment in UK in Cambridge where my fiance is from. Last May, I had a bend and had to go three times into the chamber. It happened in the Maldives where I was working. My left hand and the left forearm... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=87 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 I have recently qualified as a Padi Open Water diver but my main sport is flying hang gliders. There will be occasions when it would be nice to enjoy both on the same holiday, perhaps occasionally on the same day. Both my dive computer and Padi OW m... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=2&sub_cat=110 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100