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Air Pressure or Immobility?

Amerimex
Amerimex
My brother-in-law asked me the other day if I am able to scuba dive with them. I don't do it anyway, but I like to snorkle and sometimes surface dive.

Does the pressure from flying in airplanes and scuba diving contribute to more problems, or is he fear of flying solely due to immobility on planes?
rmb
rmb
I think I've read that cabin pressure in a plane may have an affect but that there's not a lot of clinical information to support that. I think it really has more to do with lack of mobility on a flight and then the risk also increases if someone has other risk factors as well.

I know someone on the PE board who went back to SCUBA diving after consulting with a physician. It's going to depend on the extent of any damage to lungs and heart, if the clot is resolved etc.

I don't see why you can't snorkle but I think consulting with your doc about activities is probably the way to go. I think some of this depends on how far out a person is from their diagnosis.
dero
dero
I have been told by my Hemo, that you can dive but not deeper then 30 feet deep.
I was thinking of going on a trip and was thinking of getting my diving ticket, and that (above) was the answer I got frome her. She did not have to thinking about it for long, she also dives herself.
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