Coughing Up Blood?

[FreeDivingJake]

Hi all,
My dive buddy has been coughing up blood for quite some time now. We assumed it may be because of his Aspirin. So he went off the Aspirin for a week or two before the dive and came out with the same result... blood. He describes the feeling as "Just a little tickle in my chest. It feels like congestion. It doesn't hurt at all". Does anyone happen to know what it is or how to cure it? I would assume it's lung squeeze but can't be certain as he says it does not hurt. Thanks in advance.


Jake

 

[petit2069]

A have experienced a Tracheal squreze (acording to the doctor) with the same symptoms. I was told not to dive for two whole weeks.

Mine didn't hurt either. So my advice would be to see a doctor or at least stop freediving until the coughing of blood stops. Squeezes are no joke.

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[FreeDivingJake]

Stop diving? One does not simply just stop diving! Haha. Thanks for the response, helps me out a lot.

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[vali]

Stop diving? One does not simply just stop diving! Haha. Thanks for the response, helps me out a lot.

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what then do help you?...
go and see a doctor...

 

[FreeDivingJake]

Also, my dive buddy tends to do a lot of aerobic exercise and has a large chest. The blood happens in shallow depths (20ft) as well as deeper diving (70-80ft) and everything else in between.

Update: Last weekend (Saturday, February 8th) we were diving 60-80' and he had no blood... weird?

Jake

 

[shrek]

You state your friend is on aspirin, does he have a medical condition? This sounds like a trip to the doctor to sort out.
Just to put some perspective on it for you. You need your lungs to breathe. Im not going to get into the training that your friend needs to dive at or below residual volume, need less to say you need to get this sorted properly before going deeper and someone gets really hurt.

 

[FreeDivingJake]

Hi Shrek,
We got it sorted out. No dairy products 12 hours before a dive gives him extremely little to no blood. If anything comes up he'll go to a doctor. He's a phD in the medical field so he knows a little bit, but doesn't know anything about the problem that may have just been solved. I appreciate all the responses. Also Shrek, it's also interesting because he can get this problem in 20ft of water. Most of the time we're diving 60-80 feet. Most of the time around 75-80' (deepest our dive spots allow).

Jake

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[cdavis]

Interesting about dairy. That suggests that he is getting enough dairy related mucus in his lungs that it is reducing air exchange in the alveoli- poor exchange-more negative pressure-bleeding. Fits with his lack of much feeling and could occur in shallow water, but I've never heard of that before. Does he feel congested of phlemy when drinking a lot of milk?

Connor

 

[FreeDivingJake]

Connor,
I'm not sure. I'll be sure to ask him when I get the chance. Scott was the one who mentioned the dairy thing to him. He said to give that a try as it's one if not the only solution he's found to the problem.

Jake