The Perils of Coral Cuts in Tropical Climates

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Coral cuts may seem minor at first, but left unintended, there's a chance they can ruin you for diving, as Rik Pavlescak (West Palm Beach, FL) reports.

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I arrived at Waidroka in Fiji in March with two cuts on my shin from the dives I had done the previous week at Voli Voli. Lorna and Andy provided me with bandages, antiseptic cleaners, etc., but I stubbornly refused their entreaties to see a doctor, believing they were healing just fine. Unfortunately, that was not the case....

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