Hi,
This may be a dumb question, but I'm worried that I experienced DCS on a dive trip I went on about 3 months ago. It was my first ever dive without an instructor, and I went to a depth of about fifty feet for ~30 minutes. I did not equalize properly and my ears hurt for much of the time. My ascent was controlled and I did a safety stop for about five minutes. When I came up to the surface I could not hear anything, my nose was bleeding, and felt very disoriented. I was nauseous and threw up multiple times while on the boat for the remainder of the trip, skipping the second dive. I don't remember having any pain and my nausea went away after getting off the boat. My ears took a while to return to normal, however.
I'm admittedly a hypochondriac and I've been having anxiety about what happened on that trip. I'm mainly worried that I experienced DCS and did not get treatment. I'm sure I would know by now if it was DCS, right? If anyone could offer any insight about what may have happened it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
This may be a dumb question, but I'm worried that I experienced DCS on a dive trip I went on about 3 months ago. It was my first ever dive without an instructor, and I went to a depth of about fifty feet for ~30 minutes. I did not equalize properly and my ears hurt for much of the time. My ascent was controlled and I did a safety stop for about five minutes. When I came up to the surface I could not hear anything, my nose was bleeding, and felt very disoriented. I was nauseous and threw up multiple times while on the boat for the remainder of the trip, skipping the second dive. I don't remember having any pain and my nausea went away after getting off the boat. My ears took a while to return to normal, however.
I'm admittedly a hypochondriac and I've been having anxiety about what happened on that trip. I'm mainly worried that I experienced DCS and did not get treatment. I'm sure I would know by now if it was DCS, right? If anyone could offer any insight about what may have happened it would be much appreciated.
Thanks