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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 - Do I need a medical certificate for diving? I'm 49 years old. I had an operation for Crohn's disease five years ago but have been OK since. I take ...
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Question - Hi, I have recently had a blood clorestrol test as part of a well man checkup (age 53). This showed a level of 9.5 and my doc put me on simvastati ...
I don't smoke, am not overweight, go to the gym 5 days a week and eat healthily (i have a very active lifestyle). I also have completed around 300 ...
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Question - On my past three dives I have been getting dizzy while asending, this always seemes to happen on my first dive then on my second dive i am ok,
I have slowed my asent as other buddies had said to do this but it still occurs and on the first dive of the day, any help or adivce would be grea ...
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Question - Hi Oliver, I recently finished a dive at Stoney and found I had suffered a nose bleed in my mask. Is this of any major significance and should I b ...
The dive was 35m deep and I had no other signs. I have been deeper than 36m in the past with no such problems and since then have been down to t ...
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Question - I've heard that DAN has now said that it does not make any difference if you dive reverse profile. Is this true ? Adrian
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Question - Am I allowed to dive now that I have diabetes?
I qualified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver at 14 years old and then at 19 was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I have dived since, with absol ...
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Question - Please advise on taking anti histamine tablets on a regular basis, will this effect my diving?
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Question - I am 51 and have recently suffered a minor stroke. All sensations returned after approx. 48hours. I also suffer from Parkinsons Disease and follow ...
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Question - I am due to take my open water dives tomorrow in order to get my OW the problem being that i have a cold - as it's only to about 6m would I be oka ...
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Question - Dear Dr, I have just done my PADI open water course in Egypt. Each day after diving my partner and I both suffered from dizziness, although we'd h ...
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Question - Dear Doc. I am 57, fifteen stone, five foot eleven and in good health; I dive all year round in the UK and abroad occasionally. My problem is my ...
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Question - Dear. Dr.
I am going to Uganda and Kenya and would like to use Malarone for malaria protection (I have used it before and tolerated it well). Is it ok to ta ...
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Question - Hi, I have been diving regularly for about 10 years with no health problems until recently. I am 44 and had the BSAC sport diver medical at my ...
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Question - Will I need the medical?
I am just filling out my R.S.T.C. Medical Statement to determine whether I will need to have a medical before starting the practical area of my PA ...
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Question - can i still dive if i am taking reductil or xenical?
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