Scuba diving and Chiari Type 1

[Marconis1]

I enrolled in a scuba diving course for next semester at my school, though I am thinking I may need to drop it because of Chiari. I want to be a field biologist, and I have a great interest in aquatics; have been keeping aquariums for many years. This being the case, I was thinking that getting scuba certified would be highly beneficial to me. Of course, it doesn't seem like it'd be beneficial at all to my Chiari.

Is it a bad idea? How does scuba diving actually effect your Chiari? I really don't want to drop the course, as I will be highly upset if I cannot do it. What do you guys think...

[Rahe28]

Because of the amount of pressure at the lower levels associated with suba diving...I would advise against it. In all reality whenever I just go under the water....in a refular pool I feel the amount of pressure. Do you have a specialist? If so, I would inquire with him before deciding to keep the class. I am no doctor by far, but everything that I have read goes against it. I wish you the best of luck, and I pray that you can keep on track. It sounds like you have a wonderful future ahead of yourself.