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All questions are answered by Dr Oliver Firth, one of the doctors at the London Diving Chamber. Dr Firth has had a wide variety of experience as a doctor in both the UK and Australia. He writes regularly for ‘Sport Diver’ Magazine and gives talk on hyperbaric medicine.

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Question - hi doc last christmas i suffered a Spontaneous phneumothorax and have wandered since will i be adle to dive again
i have suffered from plurecie but not seriously before as well as infentile ashma which only lasted a few months and since christmas my lung has ...
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30 April Monday, 2:32 PM
Question - My 16yr old daughter us going on a trip in the summer and the final part us to take part in the Padi. She has over the past 12months had occasions ...
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30 April Monday, 2:12 PM
Question - Hi Doc, on my last medical i had a slightly high blood sugar level ,so i went the GP and had blood tests that were borderline so I then had a gluc ...
I am 42 ,fit ,regularly train quite muscular,non smoker, light drinker, No symptoms - Also just passed ENG-1 medical no problems with urine test.
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16 April Monday, 9:54 AM
Question - Diving and Type I diabetes
I would like to take my daughter diving. She is Type I diabetes on an insulin pump, She also takes thyroxine. Does the effect or absorption rate o ...
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3 April Tuesday, 2:59 PM
Question - Hi Doc, maybe my case is not uncommon and you can suggest a remedy. Recently I have been finding it hard to clear my ears, especially the right on ...
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15 March Thursday, 9:14 AM
Question - Diving after breaking Clavicle and
I broke my left clavicle, which needed to be plated. The surgery was successful and other than the odd twinge everything seems to be fine. I wa ...
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14 March Wednesday, 9:52 AM
Question - if diagnosed, will Menniers disease mean no more diving.
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30 January Monday, 9:25 AM
Question - I'm trying to persuade a friend of mine to come diving. She's keen but has been told by her Doctor that she can not dive as she has breast implant ...
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30 January Monday, 9:21 AM
Question - After a dive, water pours from my nose! This can be hours after a dive! Is this normal? I haven't heard of anyone else having the same 'problem'...
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18 January Wednesday, 12:37 PM
Question - Numb fingertips 3 days after shallow cold dive
I was diving in cold water (@8 degrees) for 40 mins at very shallow depths (max 6.1 m) on sat. This is the lowest temp I have ever been diving at ...
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17 January Tuesday, 2:45 PM
Question - corneal erosion
I have a history of epithelial basement membrane dystrophy treated successfully by laser surgery many years ago (perhaps about 15 years ago). I a ...
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9 January Monday, 9:28 AM
Question - HI sorry - i'm not sure if i ticked the box before. I am 37 yrs in good health. I am a rescue diver with over 100 dives. We are due to go on holid ...
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19 December Monday, 9:27 AM
Question - Hi, I am a 39 year old in good health apart from the following. I recently had an L5S1 discectomy which appears to have been a success. I apprecia ...
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12 December Monday, 6:57 PM
Question - Hi, I am a commercial diver working in the offshore industry. I'm hopeing you can advise me on a problem with my ears/throat?
The problem I have isn't with clearing my ears, but is that I constantly have to clear them. Once I put the Km on it feels like a vacum effect eit ...
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23 November Wednesday, 11:29 PM
Question - I have type 2 diabetes (treated with insulin for three years) but with no significant changes over ten years. I had 2x bypass last November and de ...
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23 November Wednesday, 9:40 AM
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