Hi Guys,
I have a symptom that made myself confused. Even After reading few articles and read some discussion in this forum.
It's only happened recently, my last 7 dives... Normally I go for 5 dives a day and had no issue at all.
Recently, during my mid towards end of my dives, I develop a severe headache, yes it started to gets persistent. However this headache typically go away by itself after 2-3 hours (during our surface interval), but it will come again during next dives .
To address this quickly, I took paracetamol if it's not getting better 30 minutes before our next dives. But it not always works.
When I shared this to the dive master/guides/seniors, they always said "maybe sinus", some said "maybe you ascend too fast". The problem is it happens when I was under the water and swimming, not ascending. and max depth is 65 feet.
I'm wondering what may cause this... I'm suspecting:
1. Bad Gas ... (but) none of my friend experience the same, if it is, only 1 or two but not persistent.
2. Sinus issue ... (but) I don't have sinus issue in the past, is it possible to have it now?
3. Skip breathing ... Recently I practice slow breathing... exhale inhale pause, exhale inhale pause. And of course to hold my breath more than a second to control my buoyancy sometimes when I'm too close to coral. (But) I'm not sure if this can cause headache??
4. Late to equalize / incomplete equalization... I'm learning how to equalize by swallowing my saliva, but I realize sometimes it's clearer to equalize by holding your nose. Can this cause a headache?
5. zipping in some salt waters... Okay I normally inflate my bcd orally even under the water, swapping between reg and bcd inflator sometimes make me zip a little amount of salt water sometimes, can salt water cause a headache?
Any idea based on your experience? are all the above make sense? I'm not sure at this point going to ENT for advise is needed. Would like to hear from experienced divers here.
feed backs are welcomed!
Cheers,
Kebo
I have a symptom that made myself confused. Even After reading few articles and read some discussion in this forum.
It's only happened recently, my last 7 dives... Normally I go for 5 dives a day and had no issue at all.
Recently, during my mid towards end of my dives, I develop a severe headache, yes it started to gets persistent. However this headache typically go away by itself after 2-3 hours (during our surface interval), but it will come again during next dives .
To address this quickly, I took paracetamol if it's not getting better 30 minutes before our next dives. But it not always works.
When I shared this to the dive master/guides/seniors, they always said "maybe sinus", some said "maybe you ascend too fast". The problem is it happens when I was under the water and swimming, not ascending. and max depth is 65 feet.
I'm wondering what may cause this... I'm suspecting:
1. Bad Gas ... (but) none of my friend experience the same, if it is, only 1 or two but not persistent.
2. Sinus issue ... (but) I don't have sinus issue in the past, is it possible to have it now?
3. Skip breathing ... Recently I practice slow breathing... exhale inhale pause, exhale inhale pause. And of course to hold my breath more than a second to control my buoyancy sometimes when I'm too close to coral. (But) I'm not sure if this can cause headache??
4. Late to equalize / incomplete equalization... I'm learning how to equalize by swallowing my saliva, but I realize sometimes it's clearer to equalize by holding your nose. Can this cause a headache?
5. zipping in some salt waters... Okay I normally inflate my bcd orally even under the water, swapping between reg and bcd inflator sometimes make me zip a little amount of salt water sometimes, can salt water cause a headache?
Any idea based on your experience? are all the above make sense? I'm not sure at this point going to ENT for advise is needed. Would like to hear from experienced divers here.
feed backs are welcomed!
Cheers,
Kebo