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Hi Smokey, Having had first hand experience with recompression I can attest to the fact that you are not allowed to take a nap. They cannot access your neurologic status if you are sleeping and it changes your gas exchange. It gets really boring in there. The gas exchanges while noisy are...

Sorry guys...my fingers misspoke! Obviously the acetic acid acidifies the ears. Aluminum acetate is an astringent. It is used to reduce inflammation and itching if the ear canal is infected. Larry Stein

Try looking up "modified burrow's solution, otic" Domboro Solution is/was made by Bayer...check their site. The old Star Otic was similar but has changed...it was acetic acid and alcohol but now it looks like it is boric acid and alcohol. You can "brew your own" ear solution by mixing...

WELL IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION SOONER, THEN I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN SOONER. :11: On to global warming.... Larry

Sort of. The epi is to help counter the drop in blood pressure and bronchospasm. It is rapid acting and short lasting. The Benadryl is to counter the histamine released which can mediate some of these problems. It can also reduce some of the fluids and edema created during the reaction...

It's an easy answer! What you described is essentially a water barometer. You can't see any change because the little bottle is not long enough. If you filled a much longer tube (over 34 feet) with water and submerge the open end into the water of the larger container, you WOULD see a space...

I wouldn't be so sure...both are marine animals and both deliver their toxin through a nematocyst mechanism. I don't know the real answer but I would suspect a similarity. If your daughter is "atopic", she has multiple allergies and develops others easily, then she should be extra careful...

Thanks! Larry

When you say wasp, are you referring to a sea wasp? The reason I ask is that a reaction to a wasp (bug) sting should have nothing to do with marine envenomations. The toxic substance/allergen is unrelated between the two. On the other hand, a sea wasp is a type of "jellyfish" and as such, the...

Any of those things you listed may be a problem except, perhaps silicone...are you SURE it's silicone? Are you wearing a wet suit or a hood? Just because you didn't touch your face with the wet suit doesn't mean you can't get a reaction on the face. Also, if you are in a pool used a lot for...

Don't you hate it when the caps lock gets pushed and you don't notice? ;) Because you took the medication and cleared up the end point of your problem, if you have eustachian dysfunction, you likely still have it and it can repeatedly result in recurrence of your condition. Larry Stein

cmm1970 is indeed correct. The device must be removed before diving and then replaced. This would be cumbersome on a dive boat or at the beach and it certainly would be very easy to missplace one. Being in Invisalign treatment is not a diving contraindication, just don't wear the devices...

Kinda makes you glad you didn't waste time on spinal manipulation and supplements huh? I know, I know, those modalities would have worked! :11: Right! Larry Stein

The advantages and disadvantages have more to do with where to use the appropriate technique. For instance, if you needed a large volume of gingival tissue, you might want to use the free gingival graft. If you wanted to "plump" up the shape of the gum before a restorative procedure, you might...

For others reading this thread....a connective tissue graft is a way of creating new gum tissue around teeth. Typically, in the past, a graft technique called a free gingival graft was used. The donor site was from the palate and the recipient site was around the neck of teeth that had gum...

Hi Cindi, TOOTHDOC HERE!!!! To save the day!!! What your periodontist has told you sounds about right. Once you have some initial healing of the graft site, you should be fine to dive. On the subject of sensitivity, you might want to put a regulator in your mouth and breath out of a...

Hey Rich, Try contacting the ScubaDoc at: http://scuba-doc.com/ Post that question. He's very good about resonding. You might also want to ask him your epilepsy question. Laurence Stein, DDS

Hey Rich, I did a search of the board. I remember a particularly heated exchange that went on for weeks regarding epilepsy and scuba diving. There were many "lay" posts and numerous posts by Docs. Here is the link: http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=4848&page=1&pp=10 Keep in...

Hi Bob. Contrary to what other may have posted, I don't think that CO2 retention has anything to do with your vertigo. Reverse squeeze, yes, possible and possibly painless...the air got trapped for a second than then squirted out suddenly causing an imbalance in pressure between the two...

Sorry to hear you didn't do it. Perhaps it is for the best. With that much anxiety and (compulsive) thoughts about you health and breathing, you might want to reconsider diving. My son dives and never had a second though about what could happen. My daugter, on the other hand would...