Long Term Risks of Diving

[ShakaZulu]

Scuba tanks does not come with a warning, but if they did, it might read:

Not recommended for children under 12. Chronic overuse can lead to hearing loss, joint degeneration, increased airway resistance, vision problems and brain damage...........

http://www.scuba-doc.com/LTE.htm

Can anyone backup these allegations with regard to recreational diving?

 

[ShakaZulu]

So, I guess it's all rumors then?

 

[adurso]

So, I guess it's all rumors then?

These studies are for commercial/saturation divers, the subclinical expectations are extrapolated from the data. Rec divers should have no worries, absent PFO or other physiological issues. I have been diving for close to 30 years and (twitch twitch) seem to have no problems, twitch shake...

 

[DiverBuoy]

Long term scuba diving leads to ... a ripe old age and eventually death from natural causes. I think it heals more than it hurts. For all the young people these days dying from stress related heart disease, a few hours sucking gas in God's glorious underwater kingdom certainly won't make that stress any worse, it might even add a cubit to their lifespan.

 

[scubajcf]

Causes ADD
Always Diving Deep

 

[tedtim]

Long term scuba diving leads to ... a ripe old age and eventually death from natural causes. I think it heals more than it hurts...

Right on. Nobody can phone you underwater. No e-mail underwater either. The quiet is only interrupted by the occaisional sound of fish muching on the coral, or by a ship passing by nearby in the channel. Neutral buoyancy has to be good for the joints.

 

[wheelietaco]

Long term scuba diving leads to ... a ripe old age and eventually death from natural causes. I think it heals more than it hurts. For all the young people these days dying from stress related heart disease, a few hours sucking gas in God's glorious underwater kingdom certainly won't make that stress any worse, it might even add a cubit to their lifespan.

Amen to that.

 

[Dr Deco]

I am not aware of any long term problems in recreational divers. Commercial divers can get aseptic bone necrosis, however.

 

[DivesWithTurtles]

... a ripe old age and eventually death from natural causes. ...

In other words, it still leads to death.
-=[Pessimist]=-

 

[Bob3]

Got an irritating case of bony exostosis, aka "surfer's ear", where the ear canal narrows, making all sorts of mischief. It's more common in cold water divers & people spending lots of time in the wind, wet, & cold.
That's why I get the shivers when someone whacks the hood off their drysuit. :11: