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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I feel so much better about wearing a nose plug after reading these posts! I've never been able to swim without one and had posted a worried thread about it...but now I'm not going to worry about it. I took my fill of ridicule when I was a kid about my nose plug - until whomever was harassing me saw me swim; I was quite a fish.
I'm prone to sinus infections and other nasty stuff. So if I'm sparing myself, I'm glad to continue.
Marian
I feel so much better about wearing a nose plug after reading these posts! I've never been able to swim without one and had posted a worried thread about it...but now I'm not going to worry about it. I took my fill of ridicule when I was a kid about my nose plug - until whomever was harassing me saw me swim; I was quite a fish.
I'm prone to sinus infections and other nasty stuff. So if I'm sparing myself, I'm glad to continue.
Marian
