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Q: Tingling Fingertips
asked by: yippidee on November 8th, 2007
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I recently went snorkeling in Mexico. Our leader took us deep inside a cenote where there wasn't much oxygen. I was breathing deep already from swimming through there, I was cold, and then we had to dip under the water to go into the last cave, and I came up trying to catch my breath but I could not since there was a lack of oxygen. I tried to stay calm, but I was worried. She took us back, and when we got out of the water, my fingers felt like they were going numb and they were tingling. Some said maybe it was because they were cold, but they were not cold to the touch. One said it was from hyper-ventilation. Does anyone know what this would be caused from?
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CarolDiane
replied on November 8th, 2007
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Most likely sounds like "hypothermia". Just like in a snow storm if you are walking without enough warmth or insulation on you feet, your toes will get numb and tiggle. Same thing with very cold water. Yes, sound very much like hypothermina.
Bet your finger were the only thing exposed. The rest had gear on right? If the water was that deep maybe you should have had some decomppression of some kind afterward.

Carrie
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yippidee
replied on November 8th, 2007
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Well we were not going down deep in the water, just staying on the surface but going far into the cave system. Cenotes are underground caves with fresh water flowing through them.
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CarolDiane
replied on November 8th, 2007
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OK, my question is was the water still pretty cold and were your hands exposed?

Carrie
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yippidee
replied on November 8th, 2007
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yes the water was cold and no covering anywhere on my body but a bathing suit. There were a total of 12 people, and I was the only one with tingling finger tips
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CarolDiane
replied on November 8th, 2007
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Well, in that case, the only thing I can think of is that perphaps the fact you might have been using you fingers at the time and might have had to do with the circulation in them. But, it really does sound like hypothermia. But, again I could be wrong. This is the first time this has happened to you in cold water?

Any other idea's here from anyone else what this could be?

Carrie
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Jende555
replied on January 23rd, 2008
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I typed in "tingling fingertips" into a search engine to find out what happened after i came back from snorkeling in Dominican Republic, believe it or not. We'd snorkeled for about 1/2 an hour, just with regular snorkeling masks and then taken a fast boat ride back to our hotel. My fingertips were really tingly for about 1/2 hour or so. They were also wrinkled from being in the water. The three people I was with had no problems at all. The water in DR and Mexico is definitely NOT cold enough to get hypothermia from - not even close. I don't know what it was either. Looking to find out.
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Jende555
replied on January 23rd, 2008
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I typed in "tingling fingertips" into a search engine to find out what happened after i came back from snorkeling in Dominican Republic, believe it or not. We'd snorkeled for about 1/2 an hour, just with regular snorkeling masks and then taken a fast boat ride back to our hotel. My fingertips were really tingly for about 1/2 hour or so. They were also wrinkled from being in the water. The three people I was with had no problems at all. The water in DR and Mexico is definitely NOT cold enough to get hypothermia from - not even close. I don't know what it was either. Looking to find out.
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Jende555
replied on January 23rd, 2008
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I typed in "tingling fingertips" into a search engine to find out what happened after i came back from snorkeling in Dominican Republic, believe it or not. We'd snorkeled for about 1/2 an hour, just with regular snorkeling masks and then taken a fast boat ride back to our hotel. My fingertips were really tingly for about 1/2 hour or so. They were also wrinkled from being in the water. The three people I was with had no problems at all. The water in DR and Mexico is definitely NOT cold enough to get hypothermia from - not even close. I don't know what it was either. Looking to find out.
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Galaxy
replied on January 23rd, 2008
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Sounds like you were suffering from hypoxia, a symptom of which is tingling fingertips. Hypoxia is generally caused by a loss of air pressure so, for whatever reason, you were more affected by the loss of air pressure in the cave than the others.
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moni13
replied on September 29th, 2009
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I was snorkeling at Hideaway Island in Vanuatu with 16 other people , and I was the only one to experience tingly fingers , it was enoying me cause they would not stop tingling even after I had got out of the water they keeped tingling for about an hour after it was fustrating as I was the only one to experience this, I put it down to lack of oxygen but wasnt certain.
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