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:
I don't know about bladder infections, but I have gotten ear and sinus infections from rapid changes in pool chemistry and also from swimming in open water (where there is no sanitation). Earlier this year, they drained/refilled our pool and let us swim while the water was still refilling. Like clockwork, 3 days after an ear infection started. The same thing happened just days after I returned from Cabo San Lucas, where I was in the ocean and hotel pools.
A doctor once told me that the best way to avoid these infections was to get the pool water out ASAP. I always use those hair dryers, aim right in my ears to dry them, and make sure I give my nose a good blow after getting out of the pool.
Whether or not the bladder infections of these women is connected to the pool, I think it is good that the pool staff are being proactive, and with any luck the pool will be reopened shortly.
Tim
I don't know about bladder infections, but I have gotten ear and sinus infections from rapid changes in pool chemistry and also from swimming in open water (where there is no sanitation). Earlier this year, they drained/refilled our pool and let us swim while the water was still refilling. Like clockwork, 3 days after an ear infection started. The same thing happened just days after I returned from Cabo San Lucas, where I was in the ocean and hotel pools.
A doctor once told me that the best way to avoid these infections was to get the pool water out ASAP. I always use those hair dryers, aim right in my ears to dry them, and make sure I give my nose a good blow after getting out of the pool.
Whether or not the bladder infections of these women is connected to the pool, I think it is good that the pool staff are being proactive, and with any luck the pool will be reopened shortly.
Tim
