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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Thanks Jeffrey, for that information. I (finally) sought treatment for my "exercise" enduced asthma in the past year. Although, I have always had trouble breathing at the pool, I reused to believe I had a medical problem. Thinking of it as "swimming pool" asthma is a much more appropriate depiction of my malady.
As for the sneezing/runny nose during/after workout, swimming floods the sinuses. Shouldn't some nasal discharge be expected? I always sneeze 5-6 times in a row about 15 minutes after finishing a workout. It seems my body knows when I'm done and does this to clear all the yuck away.
Based on the other posters similar experiences, it sounds like you have joined the "club". Welcome to the sneezy, runny nose brigade--AKA Master's swimming!
Thanks Jeffrey, for that information. I (finally) sought treatment for my "exercise" enduced asthma in the past year. Although, I have always had trouble breathing at the pool, I reused to believe I had a medical problem. Thinking of it as "swimming pool" asthma is a much more appropriate depiction of my malady.
As for the sneezing/runny nose during/after workout, swimming floods the sinuses. Shouldn't some nasal discharge be expected? I always sneeze 5-6 times in a row about 15 minutes after finishing a workout. It seems my body knows when I'm done and does this to clear all the yuck away.
Based on the other posters similar experiences, it sounds like you have joined the "club". Welcome to the sneezy, runny nose brigade--AKA Master's swimming!
