Lopez116
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I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I'm currently on a dive vacation in grand cayman and don't know what to do.
First dive of the trip was on the afternoon I landed (2 days ago). I kind of rushed to get a dive in because I was excited to dive. Dive went fine, no problems equalizing, etc. After being getting out of the water, felt a slight headache above my right eye (on the forehead). I took two Advil and it went away.
Next day I did 2 dives and after surfacing, same thing: pain to frontal sinus above right eye.
Yesterday I did 3 dives. After each, felt the same pain. The pain went away after dives 1 and 2, but I'm still feeling it mildly after dive 3 even though it's been about 12 hours of out of the water.
The dives were all pretty benign. Max depth of. 61' , average depth of about 38'.
I did not feel congested or sick in any way before the trip or the dives and do not have allergies. No blood tinged discharge of any kind after ascent either.
Is this sinus barotrauma? sinus infection even though I feel fine otherwise? Dehydration even though the pain is localized? Perhaps CO2 retention (I have been guilty of skip breathing before)?
I really don't want to stop diving but obviously don't want to hurt myself?
Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated.
First dive of the trip was on the afternoon I landed (2 days ago). I kind of rushed to get a dive in because I was excited to dive. Dive went fine, no problems equalizing, etc. After being getting out of the water, felt a slight headache above my right eye (on the forehead). I took two Advil and it went away.
Next day I did 2 dives and after surfacing, same thing: pain to frontal sinus above right eye.
Yesterday I did 3 dives. After each, felt the same pain. The pain went away after dives 1 and 2, but I'm still feeling it mildly after dive 3 even though it's been about 12 hours of out of the water.
The dives were all pretty benign. Max depth of. 61' , average depth of about 38'.
I did not feel congested or sick in any way before the trip or the dives and do not have allergies. No blood tinged discharge of any kind after ascent either.
Is this sinus barotrauma? sinus infection even though I feel fine otherwise? Dehydration even though the pain is localized? Perhaps CO2 retention (I have been guilty of skip breathing before)?
I really don't want to stop diving but obviously don't want to hurt myself?
Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated.