Diving and Epilepsy
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Although the vast majority of dive medical experts would agree that people with a history of epilepsy should never dive, it is reality that some do. In a recent postal survey of scuba divers in Australia, of the 346 divers who returned the questionnaire, two admitted to having a past history of epilepsy. The main concern with diving is that if a seizure occurs whilst underwater, it is highly likely to be fatal through loss of consciousness and death by drowning.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006