Eklipso
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Interesting question:
Several weeks ago I was on vacation. I went snorkling in Grand Cayman with the stingrays (yes, my girlfriend isn't certified, so I went snorkling and not diving) and because I was too careful exiting the boat (didn't want to land on a stingray), I used the ladder. The boat lurched and to keep that part of the story short, I broke my hand in two places.
I didn't know my hand was broken until I returned from vacation (I thought it was just badly sprained) and I went SCUBA diving in Cozumel the next day. Although it was a bit difficult getting on the boat with 1 hand, the other divers helped me out and I had a great time. I dove to about 90 feet and noticed my hand was as swollen if not a bit more swollen than the day before.
When I returned from vacation and had an X-ray taken, the radiologist was perplexed at the break. My 1st metacarpal (spelling?) was a hairline fracture and the 2nd was an elongated spiral fracture - as if it was a hairline that later became a spiral fracture.
The question is, could the nitrogen bubbles or pressure have gotten into the original 2nd metacarpal fracture and expanded it, similar as to ice in a crack in a driveway?
EC
Several weeks ago I was on vacation. I went snorkling in Grand Cayman with the stingrays (yes, my girlfriend isn't certified, so I went snorkling and not diving) and because I was too careful exiting the boat (didn't want to land on a stingray), I used the ladder. The boat lurched and to keep that part of the story short, I broke my hand in two places.
I didn't know my hand was broken until I returned from vacation (I thought it was just badly sprained) and I went SCUBA diving in Cozumel the next day. Although it was a bit difficult getting on the boat with 1 hand, the other divers helped me out and I had a great time. I dove to about 90 feet and noticed my hand was as swollen if not a bit more swollen than the day before.
When I returned from vacation and had an X-ray taken, the radiologist was perplexed at the break. My 1st metacarpal (spelling?) was a hairline fracture and the 2nd was an elongated spiral fracture - as if it was a hairline that later became a spiral fracture.
The question is, could the nitrogen bubbles or pressure have gotten into the original 2nd metacarpal fracture and expanded it, similar as to ice in a crack in a driveway?
EC
