PFO article

[jazzie129uk]

On Radio 4 at the moment. If you want to listen to it, you can use the "Listen again" function and look for the programme called "Case Notes".

Danny

[purple vonny]

Interesting but it was about headaches rather than diving. It's reassuring and worrying in equal amounts that 1 in 4 of us has one and doesn't know it!!!!! ( a PFO , not a headache )

[jazzie129uk]

There's been quite a bit of research into the links between migraine and PFOs.

I did the Diver Medic Course at the London Diving Centre (Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth) last year and the Consultant Cardiologist running the PFO section gave us a figure of about 30% of the population have a PFO but most of those wouldn't be big enough to allow bubbles to cross.