The lead researcher of the paper on swimming-induced pulmonary edema has had a lot more luck finding cases among triathletes than dedicated OW swimmers.
If you are an Open Water swimmer who has had problems in the past with pulmonary edema (basically, coughing up foamy, pink-tinged sputum), please post something here on it.
I personally wonder if running and cycling has a training impact on your lungs that is different and possibly deleterious to the lung training you get from dedicated swimming alone. Not many runners or cyclists get pulmonary edema, and it's possible not too many open water swimmers do either, in which case perhaps there's something about the combined demands of water and land sports in triathlons that's triggering the problem.
PS the link to my other articles that Anna Lea mentioned only include piece written specifically for the online edition of the magazine. The print articles are on there, too, though not always that easy to ferret out.
The lead researcher of the paper on swimming-induced pulmonary edema has had a lot more luck finding cases among triathletes than dedicated OW swimmers.
If you are an Open Water swimmer who has had problems in the past with pulmonary edema (basically, coughing up foamy, pink-tinged sputum), please post something here on it.
I personally wonder if running and cycling has a training impact on your lungs that is different and possibly deleterious to the lung training you get from dedicated swimming alone. Not many runners or cyclists get pulmonary edema, and it's possible not too many open water swimmers do either, in which case perhaps there's something about the combined demands of water and land sports in triathlons that's triggering the problem.
PS the link to my other articles that Anna Lea mentioned only include piece written specifically for the online edition of the magazine. The print articles are on there, too, though not always that easy to ferret out.
