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jfjf 06-01-2018 10:18 PM

trachea Squeeze
 
My son got a trachea squeeze a while ago at a relatively shallow depth. Has anyone else experienced this? Did they seek medical care? etc? :scratch:

SubSub 06-02-2018 06:05 AM

trachea Squeeze
 
How old is he? How long ago was it and does he still have symptoms?

Marcus 06-02-2018 10:49 AM

Re: trachea Squeeze
 
What happened?? Did he borrow your spear gun again?? Inquiring minds want to know.

jfjf 06-02-2018 01:21 PM

Re: trachea Squeeze
 
He's 19 and had it a few months ago. maybe some discomfort now when freediving.

SubSub 06-02-2018 08:39 PM

Re: trachea Squeeze
 
Normally a squeeze should heal in a couple of weeks -> a month. If he is still having problems / still feel it after a couple of months I would seek a proper medical evaluation to sort out any potential hazards.

ApneaAndrew 06-02-2018 09:08 PM

Re: trachea Squeeze
 
What depth?
How do you know it was a trachea squeeze? - What were the symptoms?
Has he had a squeeze before?

This is a well documented freediving injury. An advanced course such as F.I.I. Level 2 will teach you what exactly happens, how to prevent it, and what to do it about afterwards. Definitely shouldn't still be freediving immediately after. Since the only way to know the severity of the injury is by doing a specific test 5-10min after the dive occurred - he should wait at least a month to be on the safe side.

Note* I'm not a Doctor.

jfjf 06-03-2018 10:11 PM

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It was a few months ago. He had pain, discomfort, bleeding and was only in 50 feet.

Marcus 06-03-2018 10:17 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Marcus (Post 2169660)
What happened?? Did he borrow your spear gun again?? .

Did nobody catch that joke or was it not funny. I'll apologies for the latter.

ApneaAndrew 06-06-2018 09:25 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jfjf (Post 2169771)
It was a few months ago. He had pain, discomfort, bleeding and was only in 50 feet.

50ft is very rare, but still possible. His anatomy could be more prone to a trachea squeeze. Was there an obvious sudden movement?

jfjf 06-07-2018 06:05 AM

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No movement that he recognized and he had been to around 85 or so a lot before this. Seems very weird to me.

sacha58 06-07-2018 08:44 AM

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If he still has discomfort after a few months , he should be checked by a MD with experience in freediving....

jfjf 06-07-2018 11:28 AM

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thanks

SpearitPBC 06-13-2018 10:43 PM

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I had 2 severe asthma attacks recently on my ascent from 80-89' depth. Immersion Pulmonary Edema. Never grew up with asthma, diving induced only. Thought that was very weird too! Told by pulmonary specialist to never dive again. Called DAN, who referred me to Dr. Michael Chidester, WPB Internal Medical doc/ Hyperbaric . You may want to send your son to be checked out, awesome doc, and said I Can dive again!
God Speed to your son:)

SpearMax 06-14-2018 10:36 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SpearitPBC (Post 2170696)
I had 2 severe asthma attacks recently on my ascent from 80-89' depth. Immersion Pulmonary Edema. Never grew up with asthma, diving induced only. Thought that was very weird too! Told by pulmonary specialist to never dive again. Called DAN, who referred me to Dr. Michael Chidester, WPB Internal Medical doc/ Hyperbaric . You may want to send your son to be checked out, awesome doc, and said I Can dive again!
God Speed to your son:)

Dr. Chidester is excellent . :cool:

alejqandrocosmo 06-17-2018 09:08 PM

Re: trachea Squeeze
 
It has happened to me a few times as well. Also in shallow depths (10-20 meters). Went to the doctor but they were clueless. Discussed this with my freediving instructors and I was told to take rest while the tissue healed. I think it could be a product of bad equalization. I needed to perfect the frenzel method. Still happens sometimes.


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