This morning, while swimming at a gym I occasionally visit, the gym staff put up the yellow "do not enter" (police-like) tape and then asked me to leave the pool saying there was a problem with the chlorine. This is the second time in less than a week that the pool was closed down.
A woman in the locker room told me that the three women, who are the most frequent swimmers in the morning, have all come down with bladder infections. They all believe it is from the pool. Does anyone know if this is actually possible? Can you catch something like a bladder infection from a pool? :confused:
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I was a pool manager for 9 years and know that chlorine does not always kill all bacteria in the pool water quick enough. There have been cases such as ecoli being passed on in swimming pools. That is why many pools require young kids to wear swimmies and not diapers in their pools. Now I have never heard of a bladder infection being caused by swimming pools but I wouldn't totally rule it out. Was the pool being shut down by the pool managers or was it being shut down by the Health department? If it is by the Health department they should know if there is a real problem. If it is by the staff they might be unsure and just being over catious.
I was a pool manager for 9 years and know that chlorine does not always kill all bacteria in the pool water quick enough. There have been cases such as ecoli being passed on in swimming pools. That is why many pools require young kids to wear swimmies and not diapers in their pools. Now I have never heard of a bladder infection being caused by swimming pools but I wouldn't totally rule it out. Was the pool being shut down by the pool managers or was it being shut down by the Health department? If it is by the Health department they should know if there is a real problem. If it is by the staff they might be unsure and just being over catious.
