During our Monday night practice, the chlorine was off the charts high. Several swimmers noticed lung discomfort while working out (we did a 4000 yard practice in 1-hour; necessarily some huffing and puffing.)
That night, I awoke with a burning in my throat and upper windpipe and lungs. It's since moderated a bit.
My questions: has anyone experienced "lung burn" like this? How long before you return to normal? Is there any remedy other than not swimming when the pool chemicals are really out of whack?
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If the chemicals were that bad then pool shouldn't have been open in the first place because it is a health hazard. The fact that Jim swimming may have done more harm then good (no I'm not talking about a lawsuit here) he swam the one workout and is now not feeling well and my miss a few more practices until he is feeling better (maybe maybe not - I don't know) common sense would be skip the one workout and only miss one workout rather than swim and cause a problem for you that might make you miss 3 or 4 workouts (granted it sounds like he has never experienced this issue before, but hopefully he as well as others are aware of it now, sometimes taking a day off is necessary whether we want to or not).
If the chemicals were that bad then pool shouldn't have been open in the first place because it is a health hazard. The fact that Jim swimming may have done more harm then good (no I'm not talking about a lawsuit here) he swam the one workout and is now not feeling well and my miss a few more practices until he is feeling better (maybe maybe not - I don't know) common sense would be skip the one workout and only miss one workout rather than swim and cause a problem for you that might make you miss 3 or 4 workouts (granted it sounds like he has never experienced this issue before, but hopefully he as well as others are aware of it now, sometimes taking a day off is necessary whether we want to or not).
