{"id":32609,"date":"2025-08-28T15:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/?post_type=dan_alert_diver&p=32609"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:30:37","slug":"a-near-fatal-blister","status":"publish","type":"dan_alert_diver","link":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/es\/alert-diver\/article\/a-near-fatal-blister\/","title":{"rendered":"Una ampolla casi fatal"},"content":{"rendered":"

He sido buzo por aproximadamente 35 a\u00f1os e instructor de buceo por unos 30 a\u00f1os. Algunos amigos instructores y yo dirigimos las escuelas de buceo Buzos del CAE y Paran\u00e1 Divers. Hemos hecho m\u00e1s de 40 viajes de buceo con nuestros estudiantes y monitoreado m\u00e1s de 8.000 buceos y nunca tuvimos ning\u00fan accidente ni incidente de buceo al margen de un \u201csqueeze\u201d (apret\u00f3n) de m\u00e1scara que provoc\u00f3 un barotrauma ocular que se solucion\u00f3 sin problemas. Siempre hemos estado orgullosos de nuestro registro de seguridad cuando invitamos a personas a un viaje. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

El pasado noviembre llevamos a 18 personas a Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, Baja California y La Paz. El grupo inclu\u00eda instructores, buzos avanzados y personas que estaban buceando en el oc\u00e9ano por primera vez. Como las aerol\u00edneas se volvieron estrictas con respecto al peso del equipaje, por primera vez decid\u00ed no llevar mi equipo de buceo y, en cambio, le alquil\u00e9 todo al operador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La inflamaci\u00f3n y el dolor eran incre\u00edblemente significativos con respecto a lo que inicialmente comenz\u00f3 como nada m\u00e1s que una peque\u00f1a ampolla en el dedo gordo del pie izquierdo del autor. \u00a9 COURTESY Humberto Varisco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u00c9l est\u00e1 sumamente agradecido con todos los m\u00e9dicos que lo trataron con tanto profesionalismo y humanismo y lo salvaron de perder su pierna o incluso peor. \u00a9 COURTESY Humberto Varisco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Por desgracia, este operador solo ten\u00eda aletas cerradas, lo que caus\u00f3 una peque\u00f1a ampolla en mi dedo gordo del pie izquierdo. La ampolla eventualmente revent\u00f3 y se form\u00f3 una peque\u00f1a herida. Solo nos quedaban dos d\u00edas de buceo, as\u00ed que decid\u00ed continuar sin recibir atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica porque la herida era menor. Complet\u00e9 mi quinto d\u00eda de buceo con el dedo inflamado, que se sent\u00eda caliente al tacto. M\u00e1s tarde supe que un dedo inflamado y caliente a menudo es signo de una infecci\u00f3n localizada que requiere atenci\u00f3n. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al d\u00eda siguiente decid\u00ed permanecer en el hotel y no hacer snorkel con tiburones ballena. Disfrut\u00e9 de pasar m\u00e1s tiempo en cama y explorar las zonas m\u00e1s pintorescas de La Paz a pie. No obstante, caminar solo aument\u00f3 la irritaci\u00f3n y la inflamaci\u00f3n y probablemente contribuy\u00f3 a propagar la infecci\u00f3n. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00abCuando m\u00e1s tarde habl\u00e9 con los m\u00e9dicos que me trataron, me dijeron que al principio hab\u00eda un grave riesgo de que perdiera la vida. Y luego pensaron que tal vez tendr\u00edan que amputarme la pierna para evitar que la bacteria se propagara y da\u00f1ara permanentemente \u00f3rganos vitales\u00bb.<\/strong>
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Al d\u00eda siguiente, la inflamaci\u00f3n estaba peor y sent\u00eda un profundo dolor. Sin embargo, ten\u00edamos planes para volar a Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, as\u00ed que lamentablemente volv\u00ed a posponer el tratamiento. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Una vez all\u00ed, me puse en contacto con la compa\u00f1\u00eda de seguros de viaje, donde me derivaron al Hospital San \u00c1ngel Inn (San \u00c1ngel Inn Hospital). Los miembros del personal de la sala de emergencias estaban preocupados por mi dedo y mi pierna. Me ingresaron e hicieron una serie de pruebas y cultivos para determinar si alguna bacteria hab\u00eda ingresado en mi cuerpo. Mientras esper\u00e1bamos los resultados de los cultivos, comenzaron a darme potentes antibi\u00f3ticos de amplio espectro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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En el tercer d\u00eda de hospitalizaci\u00f3n, el cultivo confirm\u00f3 la presencia de una bacteria. Por desgracia, era resistente al antibi\u00f3tico que los m\u00e9dicos me estaban administrando, as\u00ed que lo cambiaron r\u00e1pidamente. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00e1s tarde habl\u00e9 con los m\u00e9dicos que me hab\u00edan tratado y me dijeron que al principio hubo un grave riesgo de que perdiera la vida. Y luego pensaron que tal vez tendr\u00edan que amputarme la pierna para evitar que la bacteria se propagara y da\u00f1ara \u00f3rganos vitales de manera permanente. Gracias a las acciones r\u00e1pidas y urgentes de los m\u00e9dicos y enfermeros, nada de eso ocurri\u00f3. Logr\u00e9 volver a casa vivo y con ambas piernas, aunque tuvieron que extraer tejido de mi pierna izquierda que se hab\u00eda necrosado por la presencia de bacterias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Los m\u00e9dicos tuvieron que extraer una gran cantidad de tejido de su pierna izquierda que se hab\u00eda necrosado por la presencia de una bacteria.\n\u00a9 COURTESY Humberto Varisco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pens\u00e9 que el seguro de viaje que hab\u00eda adquirido para este viaje cubrir\u00eda los primeros 15 d\u00edas de hospitalizaci\u00f3n, pero la letra chica de la p\u00f3liza indicaba que mi cobertura era solo por siete d\u00edas. Mi hospitalizaci\u00f3n dur\u00f3 mucho m\u00e1s tiempo y no sab\u00eda c\u00f3mo iba a cubrir todos los gastos. Luego record\u00e9 que hab\u00eda adquirido una cobertura de DAN, as\u00ed que me comuniqu\u00e9 con ellos y recib\u00ed ayuda de inmediato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuando organizamos un viaje, sugerimos que los buzos adquieran un seguro. Siempre recomendamos a DAN porque la mayor\u00eda de las compa\u00f1\u00edas de seguros tradicionales no cubren gastos de c\u00e1maras hiperb\u00e1ricas, lo que puede ser bastante costoso. Todav\u00eda me estoy recuperando de mi experiencia, y no viajar\u00e9 con ninguna persona que no haya adquirido una buena cobertura. Siempre recomendar\u00e9 la cobertura de DAN, no solo por su cobertura espec\u00edfica, sino tambi\u00e9n por mi experiencia cuando en DAN realmente me brindaron ayuda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quiero dar un agradecimiento especial a mi familia, mi esposa y mis hijos que se turnaron para viajar a M\u00e9xico para cuidarme durante los casi 50 d\u00edas que estuve hospitalizado. Tambi\u00e9n les agradezco a los m\u00e9dicos que me trataron con tanto profesionalismo y humanismo y los enfermeros que me hicieron sentir parte de sus familias durante toda mi estad\u00eda, en especial en mi cumplea\u00f1os, Navidad y la v\u00edspera de A\u00f1o Nuevo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Por \u00faltimo, gracias a toda la organizaci\u00f3n DAN, especialmente a los miembros del personal m\u00e9dico y administrativo que siempre estuvieron dispuestos a brindar la mejor atenci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9 Alert Diver<\/em> \u2013 Q3 2025<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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