Thanks for the video. What about more severe symptoms. I suffered neurological DCS last year in october with symptoms such as confusion, loss of balance, nausea, migraine etc and required a week of daily visits to the chamber. Following this i had a diagnosed PFO which has been closed last month with unfortunately a post operation infecfion but IV antibiotics has now cleared this up. At what point would it be reccomended that i can return safely to diving assuming the PFO is completly closed confirmed with a bubble echo cardiogram? I was in the process of transitioning to technical diving although the dive i suffered DCS was not a technical dive. Once given the thumbs up by a dive doctor i will be working towards this again. Thank you for your time.
I had my first DCS yesterday. I had to be 5 hours in the chamber after having tingling in hand, pain in knee and back. Everything cleared after the 5 hours. A little tingling was left in my hand for another 10 hours after the treatment. I dived 40 meter deep with 19 min bottom time and planned the plan correctly. Did all deco stops. It was the last dive of my tec40 dive. Now I got some questions - can I return to tec diving or should I not go deeper than 40 meter? I wanted to do tec 45 and tec50 too. - is my chance of getting dcs again higher now? - what does need to be checked before returning to diving? - is there a chance my symptoms can come back even if I don't dive now? I really really want to do tec diving but I got dcs with the very first real deco dive. Now I'm not sure if I am maybe just very sensitive to dci. Maybe I get it always with deco dives? In my 300 recreation dives (many to 38 meter too) I never had issues.
How about residual symptoms? Im having still neurological symptoms 10 months after the incident, some tingeling and some feelings of nausea in right side of body coming and going. I love diving and have really a hard time accepting i cannot dive anymore. Can i ever dive again?
Dear Ryba, thank you for your question. Neurological symptoms 10 months after an episode of decompression illness are rare, and tingling and nausea that comes and goes is not consistent with these symptoms. Have you had a medical checkup, or has any neurologist done further tests to confirm that they are indeed related to your episode of decompression illness. You're welcome to email me directly rather than on the open forum. just send me an email tofjcronje@gmail.com. Thanks for communicating with us, we would certainly love to get you back in the water if we can. Warmest regards, Frans
The general recommendation is to wait at least 72 hours after symptoms have resolved spontaneously or following oxygen or recompression treatment. We don't recommend flying while they are still symptoms. When symptoms are serious or neurological, then longer periods are recommended. There are several guidelines issued by Divers Alert Network and organisations such as the UHMS & US Navy but these typically apply to more commercial settings. I hope that addresses your concern.
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Thanks for the video.
What about more severe symptoms. I suffered neurological DCS last year in october with symptoms such as confusion, loss of balance, nausea, migraine etc and required a week of daily visits to the chamber. Following this i had a diagnosed PFO which has been closed last month with unfortunately a post operation infecfion but IV antibiotics has now cleared this up.
At what point would it be reccomended that i can return safely to diving assuming the PFO is completly closed confirmed with a bubble echo cardiogram?
I was in the process of transitioning to technical diving although the dive i suffered DCS was not a technical dive. Once given the thumbs up by a dive doctor i will be working towards this again.
Thank you for your time.
What about FLYING after mild DCS (limb pain + fatigue)? How long should the preflight period be?
I had my first DCS yesterday. I had to be 5 hours in the chamber after having tingling in hand, pain in knee and back. Everything cleared after the 5 hours. A little tingling was left in my hand for another 10 hours after the treatment. I dived 40 meter deep with 19 min bottom time and planned the plan correctly. Did all deco stops. It was the last dive of my tec40 dive. Now I got some questions
- can I return to tec diving or should I not go deeper than 40 meter? I wanted to do tec 45 and tec50 too.
- is my chance of getting dcs again higher now?
- what does need to be checked before returning to diving?
- is there a chance my symptoms can come back even if I don't dive now?
I really really want to do tec diving but I got dcs with the very first real deco dive. Now I'm not sure if I am maybe just very sensitive to dci. Maybe I get it always with deco dives? In my 300 recreation dives (many to 38 meter too) I never had issues.
How about residual symptoms? Im having still neurological symptoms 10 months after the incident, some tingeling and some feelings of nausea in right side of body coming and going. I love diving and have really a hard time accepting i cannot dive anymore. Can i ever dive again?
Dear Ryba, thank you for your question. Neurological symptoms 10 months after an episode of decompression illness are rare, and tingling and nausea that comes and goes is not consistent with these symptoms. Have you had a medical checkup, or has any neurologist done further tests to confirm that they are indeed related to your episode of decompression illness. You're welcome to email me directly rather than on the open forum. just send me an email tofjcronje@gmail.com. Thanks for communicating with us, we would certainly love to get you back in the water if we can. Warmest regards, Frans
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@@DrFJCronje Thank you! Did send you an email.
The general recommendation is to wait at least 72 hours after symptoms have resolved spontaneously or following oxygen or recompression treatment. We don't recommend flying while they are still symptoms. When symptoms are serious or neurological, then longer periods are recommended. There are several guidelines issued by Divers Alert Network and organisations such as the UHMS & US Navy but these typically apply to more commercial settings. I hope that addresses your concern.