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Tinnitus and Diving (Ringing in the Ears) - Scubadoc’s Diving Medicine Tinnitus and Diving (Ringing in the Ears) - Scubadoc’s Diving Medicine
Greg - 12/10/2013 9:47 AM
Ringing in the ears or ’tinnitus’ (pronounced with the accent on the ’tin’) is one of the most prevalent and bothersome of symptoms related to diving. Tinnitus may be caused by damage or disease, anywhere along the path of the auditory system. Tinnitus is the perception of sound when no external sound is present; and is often referred to as "ringing in the ears." It can also take the form of hissing, roaring, whistling, chirping or clicking. The noise can be intermittent or constant, with single...
Water with Blue Green Algae Kills Dogs Water with Blue Green Algae Kills Dogs
Greg - 1/27/2013 10:21 AM
Do not let your dogs drink from a water source with blue green algae growing in it! We almost lost our German Shepard Dog, Emma, last night. We have a little pond at the far corner of our property. At about 4pm yesterday, I threw a baseball into the pond to let Emma jump in to retrieve it. I did that about three times, then continued with our walk. After only 45 minutes, Emma started to walk weird, she couldn’t walk in a straight line, her tongue was suppressed in her mouth, she was swaying back...