My first post, please go easy on me....
Excuse me if I am re-visiting an old issue for you here, but I really could do with some guidance (ideally from someone with medical qualifications) to prevent a minor mask squeeze incident turning into a major drama where I work - in the Sahara desert.
I have just come back to work straight from a diving holiday in the Indian Ocean. It was excellent, apart from the fact that I discovered mask squeeze (breathe out through the nose, breathe out through the nose...). I have no pain, but my eyes had absolutely no whites in them 10 days ago, and now are improved, but still heavily bloodshot.
From what I can make out, there really is no treatment for mask squeeze - it just takes time to go back to normal. However, the camp Doctor here has no experience of diving conditions (they are not common here) and wants to get me a medevac out of here, to see a specialist ophthalmologist.
I am an engineer and don't want to tell a Doctor how to do his job, but I would like to reassure him that I don't need to be flown out of here to see an eye specialist in northern North Africa (who probably doesn't see any diving conditions either). I have negotiated a 3-day delay, and have to return to the doc Monday 01 November. In the meantime, he wants me to get anti-inflammatory ointment ('Maxidrol') into my eyes, as well as eye drops.
Can anyone out there help me to reassure the local Doctor that it is safe for me to remain here?
If this is not of general interest, I'd be happy if anyone wanted to contact me direct - I don't know if it is correct etiquette to post my email address here, so we'll deal with that if we need to.
Many thanks.
Excuse me if I am re-visiting an old issue for you here, but I really could do with some guidance (ideally from someone with medical qualifications) to prevent a minor mask squeeze incident turning into a major drama where I work - in the Sahara desert.
I have just come back to work straight from a diving holiday in the Indian Ocean. It was excellent, apart from the fact that I discovered mask squeeze (breathe out through the nose, breathe out through the nose...). I have no pain, but my eyes had absolutely no whites in them 10 days ago, and now are improved, but still heavily bloodshot.
From what I can make out, there really is no treatment for mask squeeze - it just takes time to go back to normal. However, the camp Doctor here has no experience of diving conditions (they are not common here) and wants to get me a medevac out of here, to see a specialist ophthalmologist.
I am an engineer and don't want to tell a Doctor how to do his job, but I would like to reassure him that I don't need to be flown out of here to see an eye specialist in northern North Africa (who probably doesn't see any diving conditions either). I have negotiated a 3-day delay, and have to return to the doc Monday 01 November. In the meantime, he wants me to get anti-inflammatory ointment ('Maxidrol') into my eyes, as well as eye drops.
Can anyone out there help me to reassure the local Doctor that it is safe for me to remain here?
If this is not of general interest, I'd be happy if anyone wanted to contact me direct - I don't know if it is correct etiquette to post my email address here, so we'll deal with that if we need to.
Many thanks.
