I'm wondering if someone out there has experienced something similar to this.
I'm 42, BMI 24, reasonably fit and in good health, albeit with mild asthma for which I very occasionally use a salbutamol inhaler. I'm just shy of 200 dives.
Myself and husband have just come back from a diving holiday in the Maldives. On this particular hol we did 20 dives. On two of the dives, I developed chest pains at around 98ft depth. The second dive was particularly bad. Sharp pain in the centre of chest, heart felt like it was pounding and it hurt to take a deep breath. I wasn't short of breath and nor was I struggling to take a normal breath. There was no panic, I just suggested we start to ascend slowly. I noticed the chest pain had all but gone away after a couple of minutes and by the time we'd finished our safety stop and ascended to 2 metres (6ft) everything was completely fine and I found I could take lovely huge deep breaths again. After both dives I felt fine, no pain, no breathing troubles. On subsequent dives we went equally as deep and one occasion deeper - no symptoms whatsoever.
The dive profile for the second dive consisted of descending to 98ft in 6 minutes and smoothly ascending (including safety stop) 42 minutes. I used 1450 psi (100 BAR) Nitrox 32 which is normal air consumption for me. The water temp was 84F (29C) and there was very little current - no exertion required. My kit is well used and not constrictive. I'm pretty relaxed and comfortable in the water and not prone to panic.
I mentioned it to a couple of non-medical diving people and they said chest pain can often be caused by indigestion but I'm unsure about this since I had no acid reflux. I do suffer from indigestion quite badly in phases but last time that happened was a few years ago. Both incidents were morning dives and I cut out all fruit based drinks/food for breakfast so this may well have been the root of the problem.
I have an appointment to see my doctor this week. I'd like peace of mind to be honest. My own opinion is that it's something muscular but I'd appreciate your views/experiences of anything similar.
I'm 42, BMI 24, reasonably fit and in good health, albeit with mild asthma for which I very occasionally use a salbutamol inhaler. I'm just shy of 200 dives.
Myself and husband have just come back from a diving holiday in the Maldives. On this particular hol we did 20 dives. On two of the dives, I developed chest pains at around 98ft depth. The second dive was particularly bad. Sharp pain in the centre of chest, heart felt like it was pounding and it hurt to take a deep breath. I wasn't short of breath and nor was I struggling to take a normal breath. There was no panic, I just suggested we start to ascend slowly. I noticed the chest pain had all but gone away after a couple of minutes and by the time we'd finished our safety stop and ascended to 2 metres (6ft) everything was completely fine and I found I could take lovely huge deep breaths again. After both dives I felt fine, no pain, no breathing troubles. On subsequent dives we went equally as deep and one occasion deeper - no symptoms whatsoever.
The dive profile for the second dive consisted of descending to 98ft in 6 minutes and smoothly ascending (including safety stop) 42 minutes. I used 1450 psi (100 BAR) Nitrox 32 which is normal air consumption for me. The water temp was 84F (29C) and there was very little current - no exertion required. My kit is well used and not constrictive. I'm pretty relaxed and comfortable in the water and not prone to panic.
I mentioned it to a couple of non-medical diving people and they said chest pain can often be caused by indigestion but I'm unsure about this since I had no acid reflux. I do suffer from indigestion quite badly in phases but last time that happened was a few years ago. Both incidents were morning dives and I cut out all fruit based drinks/food for breakfast so this may well have been the root of the problem.
I have an appointment to see my doctor this week. I'd like peace of mind to be honest. My own opinion is that it's something muscular but I'd appreciate your views/experiences of anything similar.