I always make sure that I wear flip flops when I'm in the pool so I don't get athletes foot or toe nail fungus. I was in a pharmacy today and was talking to the pharmacist about the topic because the pharmacy is across the street of the pool of the gym I go to. She mentioned that she goes to that gym too but the water in that pool isn't too clean and she wouldn't swim there because she's afraid to catch something like fungus. I mentioned that I thought that chlorine kills everything but she denied that:confused:
Is it really possible to get fungus while you're swimming?
For chlorine action relies on physical properties to be effective . Any chunk of material floating around that has not yet been broken down or saturated to allow direct surface contact can vector whatever microbe, parasite, or toxin.
This is true, and the reason that surface waters and most pool waters are generally filtered before disnifection and consumption or contact. Chlorine is not good at penetrating the surface pores of suspended materials. That said, you would probably have to have a "dirty" pool (high concentration of suspended solids and/or turbidity level- water color and cloudiness are not often good indicators of SS or turbidity levels) and a fairly substantial dose of microbes for infection to result in most people. Immuno compromised individuals could be more susceptible especially through an ingestion route and not just skin contact.
For chlorine action relies on physical properties to be effective . Any chunk of material floating around that has not yet been broken down or saturated to allow direct surface contact can vector whatever microbe, parasite, or toxin.
This is true, and the reason that surface waters and most pool waters are generally filtered before disnifection and consumption or contact. Chlorine is not good at penetrating the surface pores of suspended materials. That said, you would probably have to have a "dirty" pool (high concentration of suspended solids and/or turbidity level- water color and cloudiness are not often good indicators of SS or turbidity levels) and a fairly substantial dose of microbes for infection to result in most people. Immuno compromised individuals could be more susceptible especially through an ingestion route and not just skin contact.
