Kaleb Duke
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Hi all,
I am interested in community feedback in what I am about to say.
I am a young diver in prior good health. I dove a series of dives under 100 feet for 3 days in Jan 2020. On the last dive (max depth 60ft) , I surfaced and had an "odd sensation" immediately upon surfacing. The best description i can give is that I felt a little spaced out and my thinking felt slightly fuzzy. At the time I wasn't too alarmed, i just took a mental note and told myself to watch how this progresses and if anything comes of it. For about 24 hours I didn't think much more of it again. But the next evening following the dive I felt the strange sensation and I thought to myself that this feeling is odd and maybe i should call DAN. I didn't.
For the following month I felt hypersensitive to pressure. I was living at the top of a ridge and I would feel pressure gradients when I drove up. I also did some snorkeling and would feel like I wasn't able to equalize as well.
Then one month after my dive I coughed and felt a sharp pain on one side of my head. From that moment on until today (June 2021), i've had a headache that continuously plagues me. I've seen multiple neurologists, ENTs, and other doctors; and no answers. I'm learning now how hard it is to find a doctor familiar with dive medicine.
Any one have thoughts? I know what is typically taught to beginning divers is how easy it is to dismiss some DCI injuries (i.e. minor joint pain etc.). However, what they don't teach, and what i can't find more information about, is what happens when a "minor" DCI injury isn't treated. Is there some situations where an initially minor dive injury slowly progresses into something much more insidious over a long period of time?
I am interested in community feedback in what I am about to say.
I am a young diver in prior good health. I dove a series of dives under 100 feet for 3 days in Jan 2020. On the last dive (max depth 60ft) , I surfaced and had an "odd sensation" immediately upon surfacing. The best description i can give is that I felt a little spaced out and my thinking felt slightly fuzzy. At the time I wasn't too alarmed, i just took a mental note and told myself to watch how this progresses and if anything comes of it. For about 24 hours I didn't think much more of it again. But the next evening following the dive I felt the strange sensation and I thought to myself that this feeling is odd and maybe i should call DAN. I didn't.
For the following month I felt hypersensitive to pressure. I was living at the top of a ridge and I would feel pressure gradients when I drove up. I also did some snorkeling and would feel like I wasn't able to equalize as well.
Then one month after my dive I coughed and felt a sharp pain on one side of my head. From that moment on until today (June 2021), i've had a headache that continuously plagues me. I've seen multiple neurologists, ENTs, and other doctors; and no answers. I'm learning now how hard it is to find a doctor familiar with dive medicine.
Any one have thoughts? I know what is typically taught to beginning divers is how easy it is to dismiss some DCI injuries (i.e. minor joint pain etc.). However, what they don't teach, and what i can't find more information about, is what happens when a "minor" DCI injury isn't treated. Is there some situations where an initially minor dive injury slowly progresses into something much more insidious over a long period of time?