akakinder
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Hi guys,
I'm in my open water training and would like some advice please. About a month ago, I had a bit of a sniffle and when I couldn't equalise - after, I felt my right ear was blocked. It didn't hurt or have any water in it. I had a doctor check it, she couldn't see anything so put it down to congestion. A week passed and I was pretty sure it was fine again, but then I got the flu! A really long (10 days) heavy bout of the flu. I still felt a little pressure in my ear but didn't know if that was okay or not. The following week, I went ahead and did the session. At first it was totally fine but then they'd pop and feel full again and my right would get itchy? So I stopped the session diving and we did other stuff. My instructor told me he was quite concerned as I was having issues at barely any depth. Hearing this wasn't fun (pardon the pun). I went to have my ears tested again. An audiologist concluded I had no hearing loss or noticeable damage. So my question is, should I dive? I have never had a problem with my ears or equalising before, so it's most odd. I'm not really sure what I should do now. If I'll make it worse by diving or if it's actually okay. As it stands, I still feel a slight pressure/ itch, and can make them both pop by doing the normal pinch and blow. I really hope this doesn't mean I can't dive... I've asked to see my dive doctor but he hasn't got back to me. Any advice on this would be more than greatly appreciated as I'm not sure whether I should go to my next session or if there's treatment I can do?
Thank you so much everyone
Amy
I'm in my open water training and would like some advice please. About a month ago, I had a bit of a sniffle and when I couldn't equalise - after, I felt my right ear was blocked. It didn't hurt or have any water in it. I had a doctor check it, she couldn't see anything so put it down to congestion. A week passed and I was pretty sure it was fine again, but then I got the flu! A really long (10 days) heavy bout of the flu. I still felt a little pressure in my ear but didn't know if that was okay or not. The following week, I went ahead and did the session. At first it was totally fine but then they'd pop and feel full again and my right would get itchy? So I stopped the session diving and we did other stuff. My instructor told me he was quite concerned as I was having issues at barely any depth. Hearing this wasn't fun (pardon the pun). I went to have my ears tested again. An audiologist concluded I had no hearing loss or noticeable damage. So my question is, should I dive? I have never had a problem with my ears or equalising before, so it's most odd. I'm not really sure what I should do now. If I'll make it worse by diving or if it's actually okay. As it stands, I still feel a slight pressure/ itch, and can make them both pop by doing the normal pinch and blow. I really hope this doesn't mean I can't dive... I've asked to see my dive doctor but he hasn't got back to me. Any advice on this would be more than greatly appreciated as I'm not sure whether I should go to my next session or if there's treatment I can do?
Thank you so much everyone
Amy