Ok, here's a problem that I've always had and I thought that it might help to post here and get more responses about it.
When I was around 11 years old, I got certified by my father, who is a Naui Instructor. I did very well on the check out dives and our family went to Roatan, Honduras for a diving vacation. On the second official dive of my life, I was about 20 feet down and felt the most horrible pain I've ever felt in my life, up in my sinus areas, forehead and nasal cavities. I had to do an emergency ascent with my father. The pain subsided after about a day, but immediately felt better when I wasn't under water. We tried again in Cozumel a year or so later, but on the first dive, about 5 feet under, same thing. I couldn't even go to the bottom of a pool without feeling it. I also had trouble with the same problem about two years ago on a plane ride from New York to Florida. They almost radioed in a paramedic, I was crying so hard on the plane. Since then, I haven't been able to dive with my extremely water-friendly family, and most of our diving vacations included me having to stay in the hotel. I'm 21 now.
I've always had sinus problems since I could remember. My mother has cats, and I'm allergic to them. I went to 8 or so specialists, ENT's etc, for this problem, and I've tried gads of medicines. But nothing seemed to work for the pressure under water, only for day to day easy breathing.
Then I moved away for college and the ENT suggested that as I grew older, the problem would dissipate. I've also moved away from the cats, which has seemed to help a lot. I'm getting ready to graduate and I want to try and scuba dive again. But I'm very afraid that the problem will happen again. I went to the ENT yesterday and he prescribed Nasonex to try out. I'm still apprehensive. The other alternative to meds is a surgery where he said they basically "microwave" your lower nasal-something, forgot the scientific name. Althought it's scary, surgery seems a little brighter for my future than having to pop drugs for the rest of my life in order to, maybe, get down with a tank again. I really miss it.
Any thoughts, or anyone have this happen to them, have any advice, etc? I'd really appreciate it. BTW, I've tried Afrin, that day in Cozumel, didn't work. But it does work on planes. Thanks for your help,
- Love2MTB
When I was around 11 years old, I got certified by my father, who is a Naui Instructor. I did very well on the check out dives and our family went to Roatan, Honduras for a diving vacation. On the second official dive of my life, I was about 20 feet down and felt the most horrible pain I've ever felt in my life, up in my sinus areas, forehead and nasal cavities. I had to do an emergency ascent with my father. The pain subsided after about a day, but immediately felt better when I wasn't under water. We tried again in Cozumel a year or so later, but on the first dive, about 5 feet under, same thing. I couldn't even go to the bottom of a pool without feeling it. I also had trouble with the same problem about two years ago on a plane ride from New York to Florida. They almost radioed in a paramedic, I was crying so hard on the plane. Since then, I haven't been able to dive with my extremely water-friendly family, and most of our diving vacations included me having to stay in the hotel. I'm 21 now.
I've always had sinus problems since I could remember. My mother has cats, and I'm allergic to them. I went to 8 or so specialists, ENT's etc, for this problem, and I've tried gads of medicines. But nothing seemed to work for the pressure under water, only for day to day easy breathing.
Then I moved away for college and the ENT suggested that as I grew older, the problem would dissipate. I've also moved away from the cats, which has seemed to help a lot. I'm getting ready to graduate and I want to try and scuba dive again. But I'm very afraid that the problem will happen again. I went to the ENT yesterday and he prescribed Nasonex to try out. I'm still apprehensive. The other alternative to meds is a surgery where he said they basically "microwave" your lower nasal-something, forgot the scientific name. Althought it's scary, surgery seems a little brighter for my future than having to pop drugs for the rest of my life in order to, maybe, get down with a tank again. I really miss it.
Any thoughts, or anyone have this happen to them, have any advice, etc? I'd really appreciate it. BTW, I've tried Afrin, that day in Cozumel, didn't work. But it does work on planes. Thanks for your help,
- Love2MTB