Now I'm wondering about wearing goggles off the high diving board...
Eye squeezes, vitreous floaters from goggles ?
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jonhall
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I have similar ocular issues and have studied and researched this matter intensively as well as having consulted and been treated by no less than 4 ophthalmologists (including 2 retinal specialists) during the past year for retinal lattice degeneration, primary vitreous detachment, vitreous dihescence and small peripheral tears and atrophic holes.
It appears that the symptoms of cobwebby floaters and visual haze are worse after diving, however not one of the ophthalmogists said there was a connection, and virtually everything I have read about the matter says that because the eye contains no air spaces it is unaffected by pressure changes from diving. That much being said my symptoms seem to indicate otherwise but I acknowledge that it is very subjective in nature. I don't believe that it is beyond the realm of possibility that the pressure change from the surface to 5' can result in enough negative pressure to affect the innards of the human eyeball to some degree.
As far as using goggles (that cannot be equalized) at depth and suffering subconjunctival hemorrhages- absolutely there is a correlation between them and between mask squeeze which really should be obvious to the the thread starter. Get yourself a real mask or stay on the surface. Every time a blood vessel breaks it's more prone to doing so again in the future. It's not a medical emergency but why do it?
It appears that the symptoms of cobwebby floaters and visual haze are worse after diving, however not one of the ophthalmogists said there was a connection, and virtually everything I have read about the matter says that because the eye contains no air spaces it is unaffected by pressure changes from diving. That much being said my symptoms seem to indicate otherwise but I acknowledge that it is very subjective in nature. I don't believe that it is beyond the realm of possibility that the pressure change from the surface to 5' can result in enough negative pressure to affect the innards of the human eyeball to some degree.
As far as using goggles (that cannot be equalized) at depth and suffering subconjunctival hemorrhages- absolutely there is a correlation between them and between mask squeeze which really should be obvious to the the thread starter. Get yourself a real mask or stay on the surface. Every time a blood vessel breaks it's more prone to doing so again in the future. It's not a medical emergency but why do it?
spoolin01
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I had a partial vitreous detachment last fall that the opthalmologist said very likely stemmed from a just-ended weeks-long period of notably higher physical activity and exertion than I'd experienced in many years. I now have a small floater in that eye. She also said she didn't think diving would be a problem. I'll be diving next month for the first time since then, and intend to give her prognosis a good test. I have a follow-up with her when I'm back, so I'll get some objective assessment of any change in status.
I entered a 60K a gravel grinder bicycle race two years ago. At about 30K a rider tipped my front wheel at very slow speed as we were traversing a washout and large cobbles. I went down and hit my head and broke my helmet. I got back up and finished the race. I was kind of bloody looking but aside from a dented helmet and some scuffs, no problems. Two weeks later I started seeing things in my right eye that were not there. Yep a partial vitreous separation. Per my docs, there really is nothing to do about it. I get a haze sometimes over my central vision that is most annoying, especially considering I am very active cycling, motorcycles and am still a pilot. The doctor says the accident had no relevance, it was simply aging. Hmmmm, not convinced of that. But it does not matter because there is nothing that can be done.
I was assured that diving is not a contradiction and I have continued to SCUBA dive as I would normally ans there is no issue. And my experience thus far indicates there is no issue, no affect.
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I was assured that diving is not a contradiction and I have continued to SCUBA dive as I would normally ans there is no issue. And my experience thus far indicates there is no issue, no affect.
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