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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I have asthma & allergies. I've had many allergists at great teaching hospitals tell me that chlorine is not an allergant. It is an irratant(sp). It can bother you but IgE is not produced? Please doctors help me. You can not be skin tested for it. The bendryl probably relaxed you & that could also be a reason why it helped.
There have been times when I've been given benedryll IV in the ER. It is truly an unique experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have asthma & allergies. I've had many allergists at great teaching hospitals tell me that chlorine is not an allergant. It is an irratant(sp). It can bother you but IgE is not produced? Please doctors help me. You can not be skin tested for it. The bendryl probably relaxed you & that could also be a reason why it helped.
There have been times when I've been given benedryll IV in the ER. It is truly an unique experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
