Scuba Diving

tango · 10-01-2002, 12:53 PM

Iv`e got a ? about diving ,how to you get below 15 ft. or so without your ears feeling like there going to pop.I live in Fl. and never went diving (scuba diving) because the pressure in my ears .Is this something that will go away the longer your in that pressure.When I drive to the Keys I think Im the only one that hasn`t been diving before.

Junkzoo · 10-01-2002, 05:03 PM

squeeze your nose and blow out,,,, coupla sudafeds b4 help also,,,

Rick O · 10-01-2002, 07:58 PM

Do it before the pressure is too great. I found that if I wait too long I can't equalize them and I have to come up a bit and try it. When I'm descending I try to swallow every few feet to keep the pressure from building up.

tango · 10-02-2002, 07:58 AM

Thanks, next time I get wet I'll try those things,I'd like to get out before the 2 or 3 days of winter we get.

Spanky · 10-03-2002, 04:37 PM

Tango,

step by step

Start clearing your ears before you ever get wet by holding your nose and forcing air into your Eustachian tubes. Do not blow too hard though. Do this again on the surface of the water before you put your head under. Then continue to do it every couple (two!) of feet on your way down. If you start to feel any pain in either ear - STOP DESCENDING, go back up and start over by "clearing" your ears on the surface again. This works with snorkel, with scuba you'd just go up a few feet until you feel no pressure in your ears and start over.

In time and with practice, you'll find what you can and can't get away with. I still pre-clear my ears on the surface. I found it makes it easier on the way down.

........coupla sudafeds b4 help also,,,

Well all that and the Sudafed's too! LOL

Junkzoo · 10-03-2002, 05:01 PM

Good lesson Jedi master Jerel

i do all that , and still came up one time with a bloody face/nose,
EWWWWW!

But i AM the exception to every rule!LOL

Spanky · 10-03-2002, 05:06 PM

If the air passage into a sinus is blocked, the air trapped within will be forced to decrease in volume as pressure increases. The sinuses are air filled chambers within the skull. Although the bony structure will not collapse under the pressure changes, the lower pressure in the blocked sinus will draw blood into it. Blood vessels will engorge and leak. The squeeze results in a blood-filled sinus, which will drain during ascent when the air in the sinus expands. A bloody nose and a sinus headache after diving usually accompany a sinus squeeze.

Junkzoo · 10-05-2002, 10:58 AM

OW! thanks for helping me re-live the "bloody "mess

you know what they say:
"a bad day diving is better than a good day at work"