Drinking Alcohol after a dive?

[shellim123]

I find a few beers after a dive helps me burp out my nitrogen bubbles

 

[ffestpirate]

I find a few beers after a dive helps me burp out my nitrogen bubbles

:shakehead lush:shakehead

 

[Zundanc3]

Hello readers:

In my experience, the greatest negative factor to post-dive alcohol is the sedative effect. Divers are less aware and tend to dismiss some negative aspect of their body.

There are numerous stories of divers presenting at treatment facilities after hours of drinking. By then, bubbles in the blood vessels have had hours to deprive the nerves of oxygen, and the diver is worse for it.:no

Dr Deco :doctor:

Thanks for the reply Dr. Deco!

Aside from these knuckle-heads saying it, is there any truth to alcohol actually helping or speeding up the process of getting rid of excess nitrogen after a dive?
Ala "Deco-Drinks" or "Deco-beers"?

 

[Dr Deco]

Hello Zundanc3:

On a realistic level, I would doubt that alcohol would contribute much – for or against. I would concentrate more n reducing musculoskeletal stress and microbubble formation.

It is known, however, that alcohol causes a dilation of peripheral blood vessels; this would contribute to some reduction of blood flow to all tissues of the body. This dilation is what causes the redness in the face [flushing] of a person who has ingested alcohol [more than one beer].:light:

Clearly, a reduction in blood flow would not increase tissue gas washout. There is not any data on this to my knowledge.

Dr Deco :doctor: