Poll: Have you ever experienced a Reverse Block?

[pt40fathoms]

In an earlier thread, a respondent mentioned that a poll on the subject would be interesting.

Here it is. Multiple responces are allowed.

Have you ever experienced a reverse block either in your sinuses or ears?

 

[pt40fathoms]

Don't know how to edit text in poll. If a moderator can spot it and fix, that'd be great.

 

[OneBrightGator]

Yeah, I've had a reverse block in both ears for about the past week. Not fun.

Ben

 

[DA Aquamaster]

I have not had the problem when diving as the pressure in the sinus normally blows things back out before things start to hurt.

But I have had the problem flying once. I took a Supercub (a small unpressurized aircraft) to 14,000' once over some weather and a mountain range and discovered I could not descend due to a plugged sinus. Even a very gradual descent did not help and unlike diving, the problem here was that I did not have unlimited fuel and had to descend. I really screwed up that particular sinus cavity and it took over a month to finally heal.

 

[sapphire]

I have had the pleasure :frown2: of a reverse tooth squeeze. Ouch!

 

[perpet1]

seen it rather not experience it! I will take the word of others in this case.

 

[chrpai]

I've had a reverse ear block. It wasn't very fun. Not very painful fortunatly, just very concerning. It felt like alot of pressure in my ear. I stayed at my safety stop forever trying to get it to pass, and when I was finally on the boat I took a ton of meds to try to clear up fast. Finally I heard this slow hiss as my head finally felt normal.

 

[glbirch]

Been there, done that, don't want to go back...

Reverse sinus block in Coz once, started around 30'. Sat in the boat for twenty minutes feeling like a spike was in my forehead until it opened up. Just glad it didn't lead to anything serious. Always carry a little bottle of dristan in my save-a-dive kit since then, just in case.

 

[simbrooks]

We have thumbed the last two weekends due to my cold and then my GF catching it off me, grrr the frustration of it all, had to cancel a boat trip weekend too!

Hopefully we can get out diving in a week or so when this has all cleared up.

When i did my OW cert dives i got blocks and reverse blocks quite a bit, which was a pain, gotten better since!!

 

[5615mike]

happend the first time last Sept. in STX at about 70 fsw. Hurt like hell. Decended about 10 feet and stayed there for several minutes. Made a gradual ascent and did not work. Tried a second time and was successful. Sinus and right eye were affected. Don't want that again.