Decompression sickness???

[nemisis77]

HI. I was snorkeling a few weeks ago and was stupid enough to go too far down by following a rope. I shot back up as i was running out of air and straight away i felt sick and dizzy. Since then i have been having extremely painful headaches and sickness, and every time i go in the pool for diving practice i get the same sensations of headaches and dizzyness. I have also had a lot of pain in my kidney since but i dont know if this is related or not.
Does anyone think this might be decompression sickness or am i just being paranoid????? :06:

 

[jrdivagrl]

definitly go see a doctor.even if it is not decompression those are still bad signs. Do you have joint pain?

 

[Seabear70]

I would doubt that it's DCS, but I would go see a doctor.

 

[cth6]

I am not a doctor, but I did not think that you could get DCS from snorkeling.

I was under the understanding that DCS is caused by breathing compressed gas at depth and then ascending too quickly or staying down too long causing too many nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream during the offgassing process.

Am I wrong?

 

[GoBlue!]

Chad,

That's correct. Since he wasn't breathing compressed air at depth, DCS is not possible.

Jim

 

[nemisis77]

Thanks folks. Any ideas what could have caused the dizzyness? it was straight after i came up and then afterwards.

 

[SDAnderson]

Maybe shallow water black-outs, also known as latent hypoxia. I'd see a doctor if you're still experiencing symptoms.

 

[cth6]

I would guess oxygen deprivation

 

[nemisis77]

Thanks folks. the link on latent hypoxia was great. i think that could be it. I shall see the doctor if it continues.

 

[GoBlue!]

First...what do you mean by "dizzy?" Different people mean different things, and each sensation has a different set of causes & implications. Can you describe the sensation to us?

Jim