Middle Ear BaroTrauma

[MANTARAYDIVER]

Last Weekend on my 1st OW dive I had some problems equalizing my ears on the way down. They finally equalized and I made it down 20 feet. When coming up I inflated my BC to come up....big mistake I came up like a bullet. Anyways, once I was up I didn't have any pain. Later that afternoon my ears were stuffed up. I went to see the Dr. two days after the dive and he said I bursted blood vessels in both ears prescribed Amoxicillin and told me to take Sudafed. Did my confined water dive Monday night I felt great ears actually felt better. Every morning I wake up to stuffy ears still but no pain. The stuffiness goes away after taking the Sudafed. I have my certification dive tommorow and I plan on diving after taking Sudafed. Any suggestions? :huh:

 

[mania]

Well
I'm not a doc but my advise is - wait till ears heal really properly. Otherwise you may have some problems with ears - sooner or later. You should be checked by ENT that knows something about diving - because you should not be diving right now.
BTW when going up deflate your BC instead of inflating it
Mania

 

[Green_Manelishi]

Yes, but you won't like the suggestions.

1) no diving
2) continue the antibiotic treatments until Dr says to stop
3) make certain your ears are AOK before you start diving