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QUESTION I'm writing to ask if I would be allowed to scuba dive with an asthma condition. I have an average peak flow metering of 450 and take Terbutaline sulphate 500 microgram turbohaler and Pulmicolt Turobhaler 200.I also have an eating disorder which I keep on binge eating at the moment and I have found that my breathing as become a lot shorter than before would this affect me at all? ANSWER The asthma here is the least of your problems. As discussed many times in the past, a well controlled asthmatic, with no exercise inducement of the problem, is OK to dive. As long as they pass the medical that involves lung testing. QUESTION I have a query regarding one of my students who wants to do the Divemaster course but is concerned about her doctor giving her a medical to dive. She has suffered from Bulimia for about two years. From what I understand, this came to light relatively recently and she is undergoing treatment and counselling, which appears to be working. She appears to my untrained eye to be fit and healthy and has actually already attempted the Divemaster swims and achieved the required scores.ANSWER Anorexics don’t eat. Bulimics eat then throw up after the guilt has hit them of what they’ve stuffed in their mouth. They do have an appetite, whereas anorexics don’t at times. |