I was so excited to learn our pool was finally converting to salt water. While I was swimming, the pool dude dumped 3 huge bags of salt in each lane. That night I experienced sinusitis -- huge thick amounts of mucus (sorry, I know this is gross). That was a week ago. I'm still sick - just tons of gunk coming out everyday, I'm really fatigued, can't taste anything. I haven't had a voice in 3 days (some people are happy about that!:applaud:
I haven't swam since Friday. Is this possible that the sudden onslaught of salt brought this on? I wear a silicone cap and nose clips. I'm trying to do this the natural way - ginger tea, and an antihistamine, but I miss the pool. This is a bummer
This threads reminds of the late 70's when the pool maintenance at our local high school and college facility was handled by the janitor. (Not sure if that's politically correct these days, but that's who he was.)
One day the chlorine level was apparently on the low side. He grabbed a very large bucket of chlorine tablets which were about the size of charcoal briquettes. After dumping the entire contents of this stuff in and around the shallow and deep ends, we were given the all clear to swim.
No wonder we all had hair like tinsel, coughed like seals, and the street lights had a magical halo around them at night!!
Back to today's protocol and the original post... any chemicals or product which alters the pool chemistry is typically never allowed to be done while swimmers are in the water. That's probably the cause of your reaction, because it came in such a huge dose.
On a positive note, salt water pools prevent chlorine from binding with the bacteria which in turn reduce the chloramine levels. The salt pools tend to keep your skin feeling smooth and much less itchy. The only draw back is that a salt water pool can't be used for competition according to the rule books. That's why many facilities don't have this set up which can be really optimal in fending off all the negative effects of chlorine.
This threads reminds of the late 70's when the pool maintenance at our local high school and college facility was handled by the janitor. (Not sure if that's politically correct these days, but that's who he was.)
One day the chlorine level was apparently on the low side. He grabbed a very large bucket of chlorine tablets which were about the size of charcoal briquettes. After dumping the entire contents of this stuff in and around the shallow and deep ends, we were given the all clear to swim.
No wonder we all had hair like tinsel, coughed like seals, and the street lights had a magical halo around them at night!!
Back to today's protocol and the original post... any chemicals or product which alters the pool chemistry is typically never allowed to be done while swimmers are in the water. That's probably the cause of your reaction, because it came in such a huge dose.
On a positive note, salt water pools prevent chlorine from binding with the bacteria which in turn reduce the chloramine levels. The salt pools tend to keep your skin feeling smooth and much less itchy. The only draw back is that a salt water pool can't be used for competition according to the rule books. That's why many facilities don't have this set up which can be really optimal in fending off all the negative effects of chlorine.
