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PCDiver · 10th January 2008, 05:53

Quote: (Originally Posted by jhaaja)

I want to ask opinions from our forums medical experts. I heard a really odd statement from a scuba doc.

This is how the story goes. My wife got a minor dcs hit with some skin symptoms and minor balance problems in some tests. She took on Navy 6 table run in the chamber and all symptoms resolved. The doc banned diving for one month and wanted to do a check-up medical after one month.

OK, she went to the check-up and the doc found that everything was normal. Then he started the weird part. He banned all gas changes (like EAN --> O2). The reason was that when you are switching regs you kinda like rise 5m in the water column (or go to an altitude of 5000m) And this happens during the few seconds when you don´t have any reg in your mouth during the gas switch... The doc also tried to bann diving on EANx which my wife opposed

She told me about this and I thought it was weird. Can anyone understand anything about this? To me it seems full of BS...

JH

Sounds very strange. Was your wife tested for a PFO?

10th January 2008, 05:53	#2 (permalink)
PCDiver Submerge Productions Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 938	Re: Weird comment from a scuba doc Quote: (Originally Posted by jhaaja) I want to ask opinions from our forums medical experts. I heard a really odd statement from a scuba doc. This is how the story goes. My wife got a minor dcs hit with some skin symptoms and minor balance problems in some tests. She took on Navy 6 table run in the chamber and all symptoms resolved. The doc banned diving for one month and wanted to do a check-up medical after one month. OK, she went to the check-up and the doc found that everything was normal. Then he started the weird part. He banned all gas changes (like EAN --> O2). The reason was that when you are switching regs you kinda like rise 5m in the water column (or go to an altitude of 5000m) And this happens during the few seconds when you don´t have any reg in your mouth during the gas switch... The doc also tried to bann diving on EANx which my wife opposed She told me about this and I thought it was weird. Can anyone understand anything about this? To me it seems full of BS... JH Sounds very strange. Was your wife tested for a PFO?
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