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Scuba diving and finger joint problems 6-Mar-2007 At 11:07:55 PM PensionerPower

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On 6/03/2007 markxray wrote:
>I've been searching the internet to find some questions relating to this
>very same topic and came upon this Forum via google search. I too was
>Scuba diving in the Virgin Islands Oct. 2006. I never really went down
>deep (25'-30'). When I came up I noticed my ring finger on my left hand
>felt strange (like a fullness feeling in the knukle). Within a half hour
>it was black and blue on the inner side of and my finger. I've had pain
>and swelling ever since then. I could'nt get my wedding ring on due to
>the prolonged swelling and tenderness. When I wake up in the morning I
>have to flex my finger (painfully) and then I'm able to bend and use it
>throught out the day without too much pain. I just talked to a hand specialist
>last week and he suggested I wrap curlex on the joint to bring the swelling
>down. After a night with this wrap on, I was able to get my ring on for
>the first time after 5 months. I still have pain in the finger (mostly
>first thing in the AM upon initial flexion) but at least the swelling is
>down. To this day this has been the strangest thing that's happend to
>me because it's the first time this happened to me after SCUBA, but more
>so because my finger has not recovered fully after 5 months!!!

Ring the (free) Divers Emergency Service on 1800 088 200 and discuss it with them.

PP