I'm home sick and a very unhappy camper. Living in the North East, we suffer through our brutal winters waiting for 3 months of summer. Most of June was a wash due to bad weather. Two weeks into July and I got a wallup of a sinus infection. In 2 days I used almost an entire box of tissues! I've never been sick in the summer in my 50+ years. So the only thing different this year is that I joined a new outdoor community pool. I swim first thing in the morning before the crowds come in, but I notice lots of stuff on the bottom of the pool (goes to 10') including some hair balls. Yuk. Also, it's chlorinated, and I've been swimming in salt water pools for the last year. I'm thinking the pool is the culprit. How can I find out if they are maintaining proper levels?
A possibility that just occurred to me is that what seemed to be a sinus infection might've actually been extreme irritation be due to too much chlorine (as opposed to too little, leading to too many infection-causing nasties in the water). If I remember correctly, that pool seemed to cause more eye irritation as well, which is usually a result of high chlorine levels.
A possibility that just occurred to me is that what seemed to be a sinus infection might've actually been extreme irritation be due to too much chlorine (as opposed to too little, leading to too many infection-causing nasties in the water). If I remember correctly, that pool seemed to cause more eye irritation as well, which is usually a result of high chlorine levels.
