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What is a PFO? And how would it affect DCS?
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This is what I'm thinking:cmalinowski:Did you feel dehydrated? I try and keep hydrated, but without the pee test, I can't always tell... unless I am thirsty which means you are dehydrated.
I think the hot shower may have had a lot to do with it too. Something about capilary reaction or something like that...
Sounds like a time that I hope I don't have to experience. Glad you are OK.
Chris
It's a heart abnormality that can make DCS more likely. See Dr.Deco forum, as our Search feature will not handle a 3 letter word.BMETdiver:What is a PFO? And how would it affect DCS?
Sometimes it's really hard to find out what caused DSC. A month ago friend of mine had similar symptoms after two dives. I was a team leader :-( (three divers) and we made a usual dive for rest two of us with usual deco profile. However, it seems that he wasn't in the same condition as we were and he got DSC. Three chamber rides and he was Ok but that left unanswered question in our minds. He haven't dived for a quite time before that weekend but I remember more agressive dives with him.Rick Inman:Who knows?
Rick Inman:Did a table 6 chamber ride today. Here's my story:
Another "undeserved hit"?
Monday I did 2 dives. First dive was on 31%, max depth 88', lots of time shallow, 55min dive time.
1 hour SI (no water, just a dbl mocha ).
2nd dive was on 34%, max depth 93', 55min dive time, another good check-mark profile with tons of time shallow. The only hitch was, when we hit 20', I took out a bag to shoot, lost hold of it and it floated to the surface. So, I did a bounce up to 6' to grab it and then back to 20'.
26 hour SI, then the third dive on Tuesday night.
3rd dive: Dived on straight air. Touched 72' for about a second, then a long slow assent with tons of time from 25' to 0'. Dive time, 45mins.
I was well hydrated before the third dive. The only exercise was at the end of the second dive, and that was just a couple of mins. of hard exertion.lamont:What was your hydration like before and after the 3rd dive? What about excersize before/during/after?
Yup.lamont:21% is for tires though.
That actually seems to be broken now, unless you choose the Boolean option under advanced search.Uncle Pug:TIP: to do searches on three letter *words* include the wildcard * and select boolean search ~ for example: a boolean search of PFO* will return 116 hits.