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Esat Atikkan said: >I for one would B very interested in the info U gathered RE: Glaucoma & = >diving. > >Maybe U can provide the results, if not 2 much of a bother. ....and Dave Walton said: It would be great if you summarized the information you got and posted on a newsgroup somewhere, so that in the future, search engines will be able to direct interested people to it. Be sure to include references and phone numbers too... It beats the hell out of me why someone should want to know about this, but here it goes. I asked: >A couple of months ago I underwent myopia (shortsightedness) surgery. = There >were complications, which led to glaucoma. I'm much better now, thank = you for >asking. Does anyone know (guessing not allowed) if I should refrain = from diving?=20 >For how long? Dr. Chris Edge answered: >You should refrain from diving until the surgery has healed and your >ophthalmic surgeon has indicated that this is the case. There should = be >no problems with the glaucoma surgery and diving. You should take care >not to get any eye infections. You should also take advice in case you >are taking any medication that may interfere with your diving. Juha Rajaste, from Finland, tried to make a guinea pig out of me: :) >After myopia surgery a couple of months ago you would be able to dive, ><underline>presuming the operation was performed by laser. > ></underline> > >Diving does not affect glaucoma, that is, according to recent=20 >knowledge. > >However, the medication you probably receive may have an affect. You = have >to check your ophthalmologist. > > >Every answer is a guess, since a diver with recent myopia operation and >glaucoma is a rare creature :). No studies made.(medline search, no >results). > > >For a patient of mine I would say, try it. Hal Gartner said: >I recently had a discussed the issue of diving after RK, PK, and the = newest Lasix >surgeries. One of the teams that developed these and promoted these = surgeries in >the US said that after myopia surgeries in general, sport diving to = 130fsw or so >was OK after initial healing which is 4-6 months depending upon the = surgery >involved. >He went on to state that if I was crazy enough to dive to 300fsw or = deeper then the >risk of doing so after healing was probably insignificant compared to = the risk of the >dive itself. Interesting thought process. > >However, he also stated that commerical divers are generally prohibited = from diving >past that 130fsw mark after these surgeries for fear of the stress = placed on the >cornea. > >If you had a laser =B3blade=B2 RK, it=B9s probably safe to dive as soon = as you no longer >need drops and if healing is complete. Don=B9t dive if the drops = contain steroids - as >apparently your earlier ones. If you had the = lasix procedure, it=B9s so new I=B9m not sure >anyone can give you solid advice. > >Good Luck. You might call and discuss this with Dr. Casebeer in = Scottsdale, >Arizona who >is a pioneer in this field in the US. I=B9m sure there are others who = could offer good >advice >as well. Al Marvelli went the DAN way: > There was an article in DAN alert diver magazine about two = three >issues ago that talked about the problem of laser surgery and diving. = It >concerned primarily people who had rk , prk, and the eicmer laser = surgeries >for nearsightedness and astigimatism. I was considering the laser cause = i >hate my glasses and my prerscription mask. [:]-( =20 > They basically said at least six months or more because they dont = know >enough about the behavior of bubbles across scar tissue; they say wait = for it >to heal first.=20 > You might want to check out their web site or call them for more = info i >think www.dan.ycg.org is their web site. or call 919 684 2948 ext 222 > Hope this helps. and Hey bubble watching aint sooooo bad [:]-) Alan Chapman recommended that I get in touch with Pete Heseltine: heseltin@hs*.us*.ed* This about covers it. Oh, yeah, for whom it may concern, last Sunday I = went diving for the first time in way too many months. This whole thing got = me spooked, so I only did a sissy dive. My eyes got a little red, but that = may have been irritation from the saltwater. I can still see a little, = though. :) Thanks again to everyone who went to the trouble of responding. Dive nice, Carlos Accioly -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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