8675309fan
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Hello everyone I am a newly certified diver and I have been having this problem every time I dive, whether that be in a 5ft to 15ft pool, or a 25ft spring. I almost always have chest pain after a few hours or the day after the dives. The first pool dive I did I was very nervous, I do have asthma (Spirometry 88 at rest 93 after 10 minutes of exercise) and I was worried the air in the tank would aggravate my asthma but to my surprise I was fine underwater and was very comfortable underwater. The next day I had tightness in my chest which felt like anxiety pain and it was gone the day after. The next week was still in the 5ft pool and again the next day I had chest tightness. The next few classes I would still have chest pain after the dives but sometimes they would last longer and some would not. My first certification dive in 25ft of a spring the next day I had little to no chest pain and did not change anything from my pool sessions, then the next day was the open water dive at 70ft and I started having chest pain about 2 hours after the dive. I went to my Primary Care Doctor (not a dive doctor) and told them what was going on and they gave me a EKG and a stress test with a chest X-ray and everything came back fine, so they say since it is a new experience for me I might be working muscles I usually don't work out and said I could still dive.
So I know must of you are not doctors but I'm just curious to what you all think, I really love diving but I really would like help figuring this out, or if this has happened to you I'd like to know.
Thank You all for reading
Edit: I want to thank everyone who has replied to my post, this way more responses then I thought I would get! I also am not diving till I get this figured out.
So I know must of you are not doctors but I'm just curious to what you all think, I really love diving but I really would like help figuring this out, or if this has happened to you I'd like to know.
Thank You all for reading
Edit: I want to thank everyone who has replied to my post, this way more responses then I thought I would get! I also am not diving till I get this figured out.