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Staal
July 28th, 2008, 04:45 AM
I've got a friend who keeps getting extremely dizzy and nauseous on dives up to 8m. Extremely. He can't walk after a shallow dive & that is then the end of his dives for the day. But on any deeper dive - no problemo. He doesnt get dizzy on safety stops after a deep dive. I've checked him on sawtooth diving - no problemo. He gets this condition while still in the water.

What about blood pressure - has it got something to do with that? He has got high blood pressure (not severe) but uses medicine.

Is it middle ear / vertigo?

Age 50 and fit.

DandyDon
July 28th, 2008, 10:32 AM
Hi & welcome to SB,

DiverDAN hasn't been posting here lately for some reason. You may just want to call them at their non-emergency number, or email them, and/or ask on our Dive Medicine forum for answers from docs who participate there.

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