OMFG. I have seen some *evil* stuff but that tops it all!!!! Does that happen when the pressure in your mask like sucks your eyeballs out and makes them bleed?!? And what did you give him a prescription for?!? Medical details please!!!
As you descend whilst scuba-ing, air volume decreases, so your mask gets tighter and tighter. You're meant to blow more air into your mask through your nose to normalise the volume of air in your mask at depth. If you forget to blow, the % volume of air in the mask decreases and it basically tries suck your face off to fill up the empty space (vacuum effect). Obvs soft tissue is an easy target, esp. the periorbital regions (so you end up with a wee bit of a panda-look) and your eyes (where your caps burst and cause conjunctival haemorrhage).
When severe, you get haemorrhage pouches which can be so large that they are like out-pouches when they shut their eyes = BAD BAD BAD. Apparently in those cases, you have to proper put a patch over their eye to prevent infection.
My guy didn't have pouches, thank God, although a huge % of his conjunc was QUITE red/ haemorrhagic.
Proper SPOOKY the first time I saw it. Thank GOD I'd seen it once before, otherwise I would've a) re-coiled back from the patient, and b) proper freaked out.
So you treat with:- - Flurometholone suspension (corticosteroid), 2 drops /5-6 hours for 5 days - Terramycin opthalmic ointment (prophylactic Abx), rub a small amount on the insides of lower eyelids before sleeping for 5 days - Alphintern (anti-inflamm and anti-oedema apparently), 2 tablets before meals, twice daily for 10 days
OMFG. I have seen some *evil* stuff but that tops it all!!!! Does that happen when the pressure in your mask like sucks your eyeballs out and makes them bleed?!? And what did you give him a prescription for?!? Medical details please!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, you're basically spot on.
ReplyDeleteAs you descend whilst scuba-ing, air volume decreases, so your mask gets tighter and tighter. You're meant to blow more air into your mask through your nose to normalise the volume of air in your mask at depth. If you forget to blow, the % volume of air in the mask decreases and it basically tries suck your face off to fill up the empty space (vacuum effect). Obvs soft tissue is an easy target, esp. the periorbital regions (so you end up with a wee bit of a panda-look) and your eyes (where your caps burst and cause conjunctival haemorrhage).
When severe, you get haemorrhage pouches which can be so large that they are like out-pouches when they shut their eyes = BAD BAD BAD. Apparently in those cases, you have to proper put a patch over their eye to prevent infection.
My guy didn't have pouches, thank God, although a huge % of his conjunc was QUITE red/ haemorrhagic.
Proper SPOOKY the first time I saw it. Thank GOD I'd seen it once before, otherwise I would've a) re-coiled back from the patient, and b) proper freaked out.
So you treat with:-
- Flurometholone suspension (corticosteroid), 2 drops /5-6 hours for 5 days
- Terramycin opthalmic ointment (prophylactic Abx), rub a small amount on the insides of lower eyelids before sleeping for 5 days
- Alphintern (anti-inflamm and anti-oedema apparently), 2 tablets before meals, twice daily for 10 days
And no diving in the meantime..! Obviously!
Day 16 is an exciting day.
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