sinus

I don’t have chronic sinus and allergy issues like some folks do, but I do get a cold or the flu about once a year. As soon as I start getting symptoms, I do nasal irritation a couple times a day and it makes a big difference in how long I’m sick. I also do it for a couple weeks before a dive...

Hi, new to Scuba. Had first confined dives this week in local pool (9ft max depth). Did well on first night drills- didn’t particularly like the mask flood/clearing but who does? Had LOTS of trouble equalizing on our first “swim around”. Did a ton of research on clearing techniques, practiced...

This isn't strictly diving related, but it affects long surface swims... I've developed a weird problem with only my left sinuses. Cold air and rapid airflow through my left nostril causes strong discomfort from mid-nasal down to the top of the left palate. The sensation is like breathing in...

Hi, So I went diving about 3ish weeks ago, I was having a hard time equalising my right ear but I managed to get there in the end though it took a while and the 2 dives went fine. But about 2 days later I woke up one morning and my right ear was absolutely blocked, and still is blocked to this...

Part of the whole big scary warning against using ear-clearing / mucous-reducing vasoconstrictors and antihistamines while diving, is that short-acting drugs can wear off, and leave you plugged up with a painful and dangerous inner ear or sinus reverse block at the end of a dive. I have to...

I am a very new diver. I got certified in the fall in a fresh water quarry, and so then my family (I'm 14) and I decided to take a vacation during spring break to the Caribbean. About a week before the trip I began to suffer from a minor cold, no fever, no green snot, just the usually stuff...