Lately I am swimming at 2 different pools. I am a late blooming, 45yo, fitness swimmer. I am up to doing about 3800 yds per workout. I find that I often have a very runny nose and sneezing fits that can last the entire day. I will take benedryl but it only seems to help a bit. I have tried to pay attention and think that one of the pools may be causing much more of a problem than the other.
As an experiment I tried takign a single benedryl (sp?) about a half hour before swimming. THis seems to be helping. So am I alergic to the water?
Is this common and what other suggestions if any?
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Originally posted by aschueler
There is (expen$ive) over the counter claritin which works for 24 hrs and is mostly nonsedating, and there are precription ones also (no major advantage over OTC claritin except your health insurance may pick up the tab).
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I use to use Claritan w/ an RX--$72/month. It recently went OTC/generic ; I last paid $9.69/60!
It works pretty well most of the year, but in the spring I need
to take a decongestent too before I swim.
Originally posted by aschueler
There is (expen$ive) over the counter claritin which works for 24 hrs and is mostly nonsedating, and there are precription ones also (no major advantage over OTC claritin except your health insurance may pick up the tab).
!
I use to use Claritan w/ an RX--$72/month. It recently went OTC/generic ; I last paid $9.69/60!
It works pretty well most of the year, but in the spring I need
to take a decongestent too before I swim.
