Aerin wrote:
I just learned to scuba dive this past month and on Saturday I went on my first open water dive. Since I live way up here in WA, the water was very cold. I noticed that as soon as my face (the ten or so square inches exposed anyway) went in the water, it kind of burned and got really puffy. I didn't get any kind of a rash or hives, and it went away a while after we got out of the water. My mom thinks it has might have to do with the sensory issues I have due to AS and I was wondering if anyone else has had this kind of reaction in either cold or salty water or I guess really anything. Oh, the water was about 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, scuba diving is awesome!
I don't know much about that kind of reaction, but I've heard anecdotes about adverse Aspergian reactions to cold water. I turn blue in pool water in the low 70s, and tend to remain that way on deck for a while. I wish I could spearhead research in the Aspergian serotonergic system and it's effects on thermal homeostasis, hematology, etc.
I'll be interested to hear how you respond to tropical waters.
28 Apr 2009, 2:29 am
