Hi all, was wondering if a small injury I sustained while doing yesterday is serious or not, and if so, should I go get some treatment?
I have an open water license and have done 4 dives before, all two years ago. Yesterday, I dove my deepest dive ever, at 60 feet, for about 40 minutes. I felt great all the way through, even through a five minute safety stop at the end. When doing my final ascend, I began to develop a slight pain and tightness in what I believe to be my left lung, or at least somewhere in that area. I had no problems getting off my gear, getting into the boat, and even did another dive that day which felt fine.
I did however feel some discomfort throughout the rest of the day, and now some symptoms have carried over to today.
Yesterday my symptoms included:
- pain/tightness when inhaling deeply
- pain while walking (felt like I was hitting it in a way when my left foot would contact the ground).
- pain when lying on my left side
- quick pain while transitioning from laying down to sitting up (and a feeling like there is some kind of small bubble moving around while doing this). Oddly, if I'm laying on my right side and sort of push myself up from that position, there is no pain.
- slight fatigue
- no nausea, fever, or general discomfort while sitting, standing, or laying down on my back, stomach, or right side
Today, the symptoms that still linger are:
- the pain while walking
- the pain while lying on my left side
- the pain while transitioning from laying down to sitting up and the subsequent "bubbles" feeling
it no longer hurts to inhale deeply and I don't feel overly tired or unhappy. I'm just snorkeling and taking it easy today. Tomorrow I am on planes for 6 hours.
I should note I've had this once before while diving a couple years ago, but that time it was much worse. Symptoms went away with time and rest.
I am am guessing that I am generally fine but I'm posting here because the local diver isn't too familiar with diving-specific cases. I'd love to dive again sometime in the future but this is the second time this has happened and I don't know I'm risking a really big injury.
Otherwise i am in really great cardiovascular and overall health. Any thoughts or advice are greatly appreciated.
I have an open water license and have done 4 dives before, all two years ago. Yesterday, I dove my deepest dive ever, at 60 feet, for about 40 minutes. I felt great all the way through, even through a five minute safety stop at the end. When doing my final ascend, I began to develop a slight pain and tightness in what I believe to be my left lung, or at least somewhere in that area. I had no problems getting off my gear, getting into the boat, and even did another dive that day which felt fine.
I did however feel some discomfort throughout the rest of the day, and now some symptoms have carried over to today.
Yesterday my symptoms included:
- pain/tightness when inhaling deeply
- pain while walking (felt like I was hitting it in a way when my left foot would contact the ground).
- pain when lying on my left side
- quick pain while transitioning from laying down to sitting up (and a feeling like there is some kind of small bubble moving around while doing this). Oddly, if I'm laying on my right side and sort of push myself up from that position, there is no pain.
- slight fatigue
- no nausea, fever, or general discomfort while sitting, standing, or laying down on my back, stomach, or right side
Today, the symptoms that still linger are:
- the pain while walking
- the pain while lying on my left side
- the pain while transitioning from laying down to sitting up and the subsequent "bubbles" feeling
it no longer hurts to inhale deeply and I don't feel overly tired or unhappy. I'm just snorkeling and taking it easy today. Tomorrow I am on planes for 6 hours.
I should note I've had this once before while diving a couple years ago, but that time it was much worse. Symptoms went away with time and rest.
I am am guessing that I am generally fine but I'm posting here because the local diver isn't too familiar with diving-specific cases. I'd love to dive again sometime in the future but this is the second time this has happened and I don't know I'm risking a really big injury.
Otherwise i am in really great cardiovascular and overall health. Any thoughts or advice are greatly appreciated.