I need an ENT Specialist in the Houston Area

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Grajan

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Does anyone know a good ENT specialist in the Houston area that understands diving?

If you do please give me a contact number.

I have had allergy / nasal polyp problems for a long time but it has never interfered with diving - until last week...... (I have been treating the problem with Flonaze and Allegra).

I got a bit of a sinus headache on a flight a week ago but it cleared quickly and I thought no more about it until a couple of days later when I was doing a practice dive at 20' and got a severe reverse block on ascent. Since then I have had stronger indications of sinusitus in my front left sinus.

What I have now is a 'horse and cart' problem. If I am lucky I already had mild sinusitus and that caused the block - antibiotics and flonaze and all will be well.

If I am unlucky the block was caused by a polyp and then some damage / irritation from the block caused the sinusitus. Unfortunately this seems more likely as there were no indications of infection before the dive.

I went to a local ENT who has put me on antibiotics and scheduled a CAT scan for a couple of weeks time. He might be fine but he was out of the phone book and does not have any diving background - hence my request.

I would really like to talk to someone who has a clearer understanding of diving issues and, preferably, some enthusiasm for the sport.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Graham
 
Don't know of any in Houston (as I don't live in Houston), but the ENT that I go to is an active diver (and aviator) and has been absolutely wonderful. If you don't mind a bit of a drive (Beaumont) he's well worth it, plus he'll take your appointment sometime this year (usually within 2 days.) You may not be interested in the drive, but if you can't find one over there and are interested, PM me and I'll send his info.
 
Howdy Grajan:

DAN can sometimes refer divers to a diving medicine specialist in their area. Houston is big enough that you might get lucky and find an ENT in their database.

DAN's contact info can be found at:

http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/contact/

HTH,

Bill
 
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