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. I'm relatively new to diving and I'm going on my first liveaboard soon. My worry is this: I suffer with frequent bladder infections, and often need antibiotics to clear them up. Am I likely to get more of these due to diving, and can I dive if I'm tak... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=34&sub_cat=162 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:46:29 +0000 I find articles on health safety issues very informative and interesting, so I guess we owe you and your font of knowledge a big debt of gratitude. Well now all that obsequiousness is over and done with I have a health question for you. Just recently I ha... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=34&sub_cat=133 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:42:35 +0000 I have just been diagnosed with prostrate cancer. Radical surgery advised within 4-6 weeks. Can I dive in the meantime? NO symptoms. Also can I dive in the future and when. Doc's at hospital NOT very astute re diving etc. Thanks. https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=34&sub_cat=133 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:18:30 +0100 I have been suffering with renal colic, and last week they finally found a stone just below my left kidney. During an operation to remove it, they found they didn't have a 'scope' with a long enough reach and put a "double J Stent" in instead. As far as I... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=34&sub_cat=3 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:25:01 +0100 I have been diving for ten years now, all warm water diving, and have a problem which seems to have got worse the more I dive and I was wondering if I am the only one with this problem.Basically I have to urinate in my wet suit on each dive, s... https://midlandsdivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=advice&page=6&cat=34&sub_cat=162 Wed, 18 May 2005 03:14:55 +0100