I went diving from shore recently, it was about my 15th dive. The conditions were not good and visibility was at about 1 meter. After 15 mins of trying to find clear water we pulled the pin. Max depth 5 meters.
Anyway about 20mins later whilst packing my dive gear into the car my top lip started to go numb randomly. First I though I had a reaction to the new snorkle I had just bought - silocone, but then it gradually spread accross my whole cheek on one side completely and my top teeth went totally numb also. Then the numbness started to turn painful and really got me worried. After about 3 hours it subsided.
A bit of research suggests trapped airpockets in my sinuses but at only 4.8m max i wouldn't have thought this would cause sinus barotrauma ? Interested to know if this sort of issue is common ? was it barotrama or something else possibly ?
I didn't have the flu.
BTW i'm new to the site and impressed !
Cheers,
Benny
Anyway about 20mins later whilst packing my dive gear into the car my top lip started to go numb randomly. First I though I had a reaction to the new snorkle I had just bought - silocone, but then it gradually spread accross my whole cheek on one side completely and my top teeth went totally numb also. Then the numbness started to turn painful and really got me worried. After about 3 hours it subsided.
A bit of research suggests trapped airpockets in my sinuses but at only 4.8m max i wouldn't have thought this would cause sinus barotrauma ? Interested to know if this sort of issue is common ? was it barotrama or something else possibly ?
I didn't have the flu.
BTW i'm new to the site and impressed !
Cheers,
Benny