Yes, I was ready to dive last week with my beloved wife… When did on Friday an avian it, result = No dive guy!
Now let us, because even when we should not dive cold or with any kind of congestion?
A person with symptoms of cold or flu should not dive until they cure and to hear noises with ease when in dry swallow.
Below, some tips and helpful hints: – always equalize, is the maneuver that is, always listen to the noises of the ear is opening before diving; make the Valsalva maneuver, and teach your friends divers – unfortunately occur if a barotrauma , cancel the dive immediately and not plunge again. Symptoms of mild barotrauma disappear in a week or two. You can dive with safety once the equalization is achieved again so natural, without the presence of abnormal noises in the ears and with the hearing returning to normal. If in doubt, consult your doctor – do not use decongestants if it is cold, because they mask the symptoms of possible barotrauma.
(Extracted from articles published in “The Undersea Journal, edition of the 4 th quarter of 2000, pp. 30 to 33)
Yes, I lost a weekend, when you noted that the cold, come on the head the idea of “let’s try” but even the best is to have patience and know that patience to young people is very rare but it is… one of the many things we learned in diving, we need patience… lose one or two days of diving… but it is better than losing more time to recover from something serious…
So always remember, one of the most important rules of diving… always be careful!
Now let us, because even when we should not dive cold or with any kind of congestion?
A person with symptoms of cold or flu should not dive until they cure and to hear noises with ease when in dry swallow.
Below, some tips and helpful hints: – always equalize, is the maneuver that is, always listen to the noises of the ear is opening before diving; make the Valsalva maneuver, and teach your friends divers – unfortunately occur if a barotrauma , cancel the dive immediately and not plunge again. Symptoms of mild barotrauma disappear in a week or two. You can dive with safety once the equalization is achieved again so natural, without the presence of abnormal noises in the ears and with the hearing returning to normal. If in doubt, consult your doctor – do not use decongestants if it is cold, because they mask the symptoms of possible barotrauma.
(Extracted from articles published in “The Undersea Journal, edition of the 4 th quarter of 2000, pp. 30 to 33)
Yes, I lost a weekend, when you noted that the cold, come on the head the idea of “let’s try” but even the best is to have patience and know that patience to young people is very rare but it is… one of the many things we learned in diving, we need patience… lose one or two days of diving… but it is better than losing more time to recover from something serious…
So always remember, one of the most important rules of diving… always be careful!
