vision and balance problem

[reef shark]

my name is chris and im an instructor with 700 logged dives!!
after a surface interval of 58 hours i woke up with vision problems!! the best way to discribe it is:
drunk like sight but sober!!!!!! So not being able to focus straight away, it takes a few seconds, distorted vision (if looking at a non moving object it moves to the right) and loss of balance which might suggest an inner ear problem??? After a multitude of test at the doctor, nothing came out. he suggested a brain scan.

Would anyone have experienced any such thing?? or indeed have any idea-experience of what it might be related to???

Please send me any comments on c_rought@hotmail.com.

Thanking you in advance for your help.
Chris

 

[connellc]

after a surface interval of 58 hours

Can you add any details of your dive profile prior to the symptoms you describe....

 

[Upwelling]

I am having a simiar thing--no vision disturbance, but balance problems and dizziness that started mysteriously 30 hours after my final dive, with no other symptoms. I hope we both recover.

after a surface interval of 58 hours

Can you add any details of your dive profile prior to the symptoms you describe....

 

[lragsac]

I am having a simiar thing--no vision disturbance, but balance problems and dizziness that started mysteriously 30 hours after my final dive, with no other symptoms. I hope we both recover.

Indeed, I hope you recover. I would suggest getting a referral to an ENT with particular expertise in vestibular problems. I sustained inner ear damage after an otherwise uneventful, conservative dive several months ago (although onset of my symptoms were immediate and severe). If other possibilities have been ruled out an ENT can order tests to determine if you have sustained some sort of "insult" to your vestibular system. The good news is that if this is the case, the brain eventually adapts (according to the ENTs I've talked to) and vestibular rehab therapy is available.

 

[Upwelling]

I was thinking of going back to the ENT I've been to before (who is a diver), however, is it normal to have dizzyness with NO ear symptoms? I'm wondering if its some other type of problem, or even non-dive related (???)

Indeed, I hope you recover. I would suggest getting a referral to an ENT with particular expertise in vestibular problems. I sustained inner ear damage after an otherwise uneventful, conservative dive several months ago (although onset of my symptoms were immediate and severe). If other possibilities have been ruled out an ENT can order tests to determine if you have sustained some sort of "insult" to your vestibular system. The good news is that if this is the case, the brain eventually adapts (according to the ENTs I've talked to) and vestibular rehab therapy is available.

 

[cowprintrabbit]

my name is chris and im an instructor with 700 logged dives!!
after a surface interval of 58 hours i woke up with vision problems!! the best way to discribe it is:
drunk like sight but sober!!!!!! So not being able to focus straight away, it takes a few seconds, distorted vision (if looking at a non moving object it moves to the right) and loss of balance which might suggest an inner ear problem??? After a multitude of test at the doctor, nothing came out. he suggested a brain scan.

Would anyone have experienced any such thing?? or indeed have any idea-experience of what it might be related to???

Please send me any comments on c_rought@hotmail.com.

Thanking you in advance for your help.
Chris

That sounds like the middle-ear virus I had in May. There were no ear symptoms, so it took my Dr. a while to diagnose it...