https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/10981/itchingLately I have been having trouble with severe itching while pool swimming. Not the kind that feels good when you scratch it; but an intense, pins and needles, maddening, burning sensation that forces me to stop at least every length to scratch-which doesnen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/180787?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:28:17 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:ce8a8202-8cc8-41d3-a372-c9c94ad857d0Former MemberIn the past, my experience tells me that the itching is actually your body trying to sweat. Your pores are opening up a bit more and perhaps your body is reacting to the chemicals in the pool more. This used to happen a lot to me, and I just tried to drink more water. I am not a physiologist but this is my best guess as to what is happening.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/180768?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:19:46 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b42c0a63-5c6a-4a3c-a26e-42e25477ac6dBritt03ask the lifeguard to check the water. If you are too afraid to ask, take a water sample to a pool supply store and get it tested there. Then you know for sure what the levels are. I would do this twice: once on a day you are itching and once on a day you feel fine.<div style="clear:both;"></div>