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Dear Dr. Deco,
A friend sent this to me and I wonder if you might "interpret".
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I just want to share with you that John had a small, but life-threatening, scuba accident. John Doe and I went diving last Sunday at Shark's cove, was an easy dive.
Immediately after the dive,John felt his right ear clogged, like if some water went inside. As far as I know, this is very common. Through the day, that clogging did not go away, and he could not hear well.
On Monday, John went to see his general physician, and the diagnosis was: looking inside the ear looks perfectly fine, no disruption, no irritation. The physician told John that possibly inside the ear (pass the ear drum), John had some dirty stuff going up and down and it will go away, which is very common for people that go under water. He prescribed John antibiotics and a decongestant.
The hearing loss continued. On Thursday, John went to see his general physician again, and he was "kicked out” of the doctors office. John general physician said that if he was so worried about that little clogged ear, to go see a specialist.
Today, Friday, John Doe has seen the specialist. The specialist found a small disruption of the inner ear window It should heal by itself, or if it is too bad, it can be reconstructed with a 99% success.
The scary part, is that John Doe was leaving to Colorado tomorrow night. The specialist said to cancel the flight, and he wrote John a medical statement "not able to fly." The specialist said that with a small disruption of the inner ear round window, taking a flight longer than a few hours will start internal bleeding and spread to your brain. The specialist assured that John would arrive dead in Colorado. The specialists also recommended not go over the Pali highway.
John is having a very complex hearing test, to determine exactly how and where the disruption is. According to this, treatment will be done, and hopefully he will be back in the water soon.
So, pay good attention to those "funny ears" you get sometimes when you finish your dive.
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So...what was this specialists really saying?
A friend sent this to me and I wonder if you might "interpret".
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I just want to share with you that John had a small, but life-threatening, scuba accident. John Doe and I went diving last Sunday at Shark's cove, was an easy dive.
Immediately after the dive,John felt his right ear clogged, like if some water went inside. As far as I know, this is very common. Through the day, that clogging did not go away, and he could not hear well.
On Monday, John went to see his general physician, and the diagnosis was: looking inside the ear looks perfectly fine, no disruption, no irritation. The physician told John that possibly inside the ear (pass the ear drum), John had some dirty stuff going up and down and it will go away, which is very common for people that go under water. He prescribed John antibiotics and a decongestant.
The hearing loss continued. On Thursday, John went to see his general physician again, and he was "kicked out” of the doctors office. John general physician said that if he was so worried about that little clogged ear, to go see a specialist.
Today, Friday, John Doe has seen the specialist. The specialist found a small disruption of the inner ear window It should heal by itself, or if it is too bad, it can be reconstructed with a 99% success.
The scary part, is that John Doe was leaving to Colorado tomorrow night. The specialist said to cancel the flight, and he wrote John a medical statement "not able to fly." The specialist said that with a small disruption of the inner ear round window, taking a flight longer than a few hours will start internal bleeding and spread to your brain. The specialist assured that John would arrive dead in Colorado. The specialists also recommended not go over the Pali highway.
John is having a very complex hearing test, to determine exactly how and where the disruption is. According to this, treatment will be done, and hopefully he will be back in the water soon.
So, pay good attention to those "funny ears" you get sometimes when you finish your dive.
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So...what was this specialists really saying?
