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    A RASH CONCERN

    Nov 08, 2017 6 minutes
    By DAN AP Member Mark Ford

    I have an extensive diving history spanning 14 years and I’ve completed more than 800 dives. I am nitrox certified and my diving recently has been relatively shallow (less than 25 metres) with a single tank and open circuit.

    PREVIOUS HISTORY

    Over the past two years, I have experienced three episodes of skin rash after diving with no other symptoms of decompression sickness (DCS).

    • Episode 1: 18 months ago, the mottled skin rash appeared after a dive in the UAE. There were no other symptoms and it went away without needing any treatment.

    • Episode 2: 12 months ago, I dived in Indonesia on nitrox and completed 40 dives. Again, the rash appeared with no other symptoms, and went away without treatment.

    • Episode 3: Six months ago, I was back in

    Indonesia and developed a mottled rash on my chest after a dive. My arms were aching round my elbow joints, but it went away and I didn’t think it was an issue or

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