OK, so you messed up on your first dive of your holiday, didn’t listen to the pain in your ears, and now you’ve got middle ear barotrauma. Your ears feel “full” (they are: with blood and mucus) and you can’t […]
OK, so you messed up on your first dive of your holiday, didn’t listen to the pain in your ears, and now you’ve got middle ear barotrauma. Your ears feel “full” (they are: with blood and mucus) and you can’t […]
Vertigo is the persistent feeling of tilting, swaying, whirling or spinning motion of oneself or of the surrounding world when nothing is moving. Description Vertigo during or after diving is a common symptom of middle-ear or inner-ear injury. It […]
Did you know that the characteristics of heart disease in women differ from those in men? Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, and myocardial infarction (heart attack) is the leading cause of their hospitalization. The characteristics […]
Panic: The sudden and often unpredictable onset of intense, sometimes blinding, fearfulness or terror; usually associated with feelings of impending doom. When a diver experiences panic underwater, it creates a dangerous situation, not just for the diver experiencing the […]
Diver Question: I understand that feeling tired after a dive may be a symptom of decompression sickness, but I almost always feel tired after diving. Should I be concerned? DAN Answer: The expectation of normal (i.e., non-pathological) tiredness following diving […]
During our basic dive training, we are taught that if a dive doesn’t feel right we should abort it. The reality is, despite these lessons, many people find themselves on dives for which they lack confidence or experience to be […]
At DAN Asia-Pacific (DAN AP), we are starting to see an alarming number of cases where divers have continued diving, often for days, with symptoms of decompression illness (DCI). Despite having symptoms, some divers even decide to fly, which could […]
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