Maria Chen was in Malaysia earlier and after five days intensive training, she finally received her divers’ licence, but unfortunately she sustained an injury to her eardrum. Maria indicates that she has been on the theory course before, but because she dived donw too quickly when she came to do the practical exercise, her ears were not able to adapt to the change in pressure. At first, she felt pain and a little nauseous and the deeper she went, the more it hurt. She immediately sought medical attention and the doctor said she was fine and was just suffering from an infection.
The next day, Maria continued diving and her ear was fine, but after returning to Hong Kong, she visited the doctor who diagnosed a pierced eardrum, which has worsened because of the mis-diagnosis in Malaysia because the medication they gave her would just worsen the condition. In the worst case scenario, she could have been left deaf in that ear and this frightened Maria a lot. However, she has received the correct treatment now and the right medication, so she should be fine within a month. She says: “I am a lot better now, the happiest thing is that I now have my licence. I will not give up diving and this experience has been worth it. I have no regrets at all.”[by mv_288]
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