I swam regularly (3-4 x/week) for approximately 5 years and had laid off for the past 7 months. Thankfully I'm back in the pool again. I am relatively healthy and have missed almost no work. However, whenever I get out of the pool I have cold symptoms--congestion, running nose, sneezing, etc. I know I probably swallow my share of water, and I've learned to live with these nuisances, but are these symptoms common for others?
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About a year after returning to swimming I started suffering severe post swim sinus problems. The sneezing, runny nose and resulting headaches almost drove me away from swimming. I'm a pretty good swimmer and don't usually get the head slamming rush of water up the nose when I flip. I tried a nose plug, but found it distracting and it was hard to keep it to stay on.
Suspecting it might be an alergy to the pool chemicals, I took one of my wife's Allegra 180s before I swam. A miracle. I had absolutely no post swim sinus. My choice...either I stop swimming or I continue to swim and take an Allegra. I take an Allegra now before I swim.
About a year after returning to swimming I started suffering severe post swim sinus problems. The sneezing, runny nose and resulting headaches almost drove me away from swimming. I'm a pretty good swimmer and don't usually get the head slamming rush of water up the nose when I flip. I tried a nose plug, but found it distracting and it was hard to keep it to stay on.
Suspecting it might be an alergy to the pool chemicals, I took one of my wife's Allegra 180s before I swam. A miracle. I had absolutely no post swim sinus. My choice...either I stop swimming or I continue to swim and take an Allegra. I take an Allegra now before I swim.
