I’m a SCUBA and apnea instructor. One of my students suffers from an arthritic disorder called psoriatic arthritis and he is being treated with Metotrexate 15mg. I would like to know whether his case represents a contraindication for recreational diving.
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The clinical manifestations of the disease can also vary greatly from person to person, for example, some patients suffer more from the cutaneous manifestations of the disease (typical desquamative lesions and scabs), while others suffer from the arthritic type (joint and girdle pain). Over the course of a lifetime, however, the disease itself can vary, alternating between flares and periods of ‘quiescence’.
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