2006-11-01 07:53:21 · 11 answers · asked by josh b 1 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
It really depends on how long ago the incident happened and whether you have completely recovered from it.
If your punctured lung or pneumothorax was a result of injury, rather than being spontaneous, it is more likely that you will be fit enough to dive.
But you still need to have your chest examined by a qualified diving physician, before you can be absolutely sure that you're fit enought to go scuba diving. Remember, if in doubt don't. Failing to take precautions can be fatal.
2006-11-01 09:11:25 · answer #1 · answered by TY 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Collapsed Lung Scuba Diving
2017-01-11 15:57:48 · answer #2 · answered by shakar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A prior history of pneumothorax is a risk that should be evaluated carefully by a physician familiar with your history and with dive medicine.
If a diver experiences a collapsed lung underwater it can easily be a fatal event. In the below referenced medical form required for all PADI scuba courses tehre are instructions to the physician. Among those instructions is this statement:
"A pneumothorax that occurs or reoccurs while diving may be catastrophic. As the diver ascends, air trapped in the cavity
expands and could produce a tension pneumothorax."
This means that if your lung should rupture underwater, some of the air you are breathing will exit through the hole in the lng and get trapped in the chest cavity. As you ascend, that trapped air will expand an further collapse the lung. It may also put pressure on the heart and other organs and could be fatal.
Generally if you have a history of a spontaneously occuring pneumothorax you should definitely not dive. Pnemothorax for other reasons must be carefully evaluated.
2006-11-03 09:14:03 · answer #3 · answered by Drew 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not if you are currently recovering from that injury.
Down the road, after your recovery, that's between you and a Doc that actually knows dive medicine and the history of your injury.
I belong to DAN (Diver's Alert Network) and just checked their medical database, there was nothing there on the subject, so while that in itself doesn't mean you can, it does mean there's a possibility you could. It could also mean that they haven't gathered enough data to take a stand on the issue, one way or another.
Do make sure that it's a dive qualified Doc you speak to. There are issues that divers have, that a "regular" Doc, just doesn't have the training for.
2006-11-01 17:09:39 · answer #4 · answered by scubabob 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You need to find a doctor who knows something about dive medicine and have a nice, long conversation with him. Good luck! I sincerely hope that you CAN dive, because diving is the bomb!!
2006-11-01 08:54:12 · answer #5 · answered by lachicadecafe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt have thought so but have a thorough examination by your doctor just simply to check how it all is thank you
2006-11-01 09:11:08 · answer #6 · answered by jeff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!
Do NOT use compressed air and breathe it below four feet of depth....You WILL have an embolysm when you come up to the surface which WILL go to your brain and KILL you.
DO NOT DO IT!!!
2006-11-01 07:54:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ask ur doctor
2006-11-01 07:58:13 · answer #8 · answered by Courtney Marie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that is the best idea you have ever had.
2006-11-01 08:00:27 · answer #9 · answered by buddha bill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Absolutely not.
2006-11-01 08:00:16 · answer #10 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋