I have a question. We're in a bubble, mostly in mornings and afternoons. It isn't exactly the best place, but whatever. We have trouble with ventilation, and we've improved some by putting tubing under the seam of the bubble, leading to the outside. We uncover these as we need to. Over the weekend they shocked the pool with a chlorine dosage instead of a non-chlorine dosage. We swam in the pool this morning, anyways. (We're hardcore like that!) Well, most of us developed breathing problems and uncovered the caps. Still, the symptoms prevailed. Most of us left the bubble for air, but still returned to finish our practice; personally I didn't leave. Talking to my friends today, after school, we all still had bad problems regarding breathing. We all can't breathe deep without hurting or coughing, and we're always gagging from time to time throughout the school day.
My question is:
Does anyone know how to rid of these symptoms fast?
--Arojekt.
Please, I appreciate all the go-seek-medical-help responses, but I need a quick remedy and that's all.
It will be a real quick remedy if you quit breathing. Get medical help!
A mega dose of TUMS, say 40 - 60 tabs, may counteract the chlorine and make you breathe better. Or absorb your lactic acid. Or give you the equivalent of a colon cleansing. You could alwys try and let us know how it works out.
OK you don't like doctors,I don't like to go to the doctor and I am one. Go anyway,at worst he/she will tell you not to swim and you will ignore them.Maybe there is something that could help quickly though,like a steroid inhaler or something similar that would help you recover faster. I know what you mean about how important work-outs and meets are and I have swum many times when I shouldn't have. I have turned a simple cold(that I HAD to swim through for a small meet) into a bronchitis that held me out of my taper meet.
OK you don't like doctors,I don't like to go to the doctor and I am one. Go anyway,at worst he/she will tell you not to swim and you will ignore them.Maybe there is something that could help quickly though,like a steroid inhaler or something similar that would help you recover faster. I know what you mean about how important work-outs and meets are and I have swum many times when I shouldn't have. I have turned a simple cold(that I HAD to swim through for a small meet) into a bronchitis that held me out of my taper meet.
Now, I hate going to doctors too. But I generally "like" them, and I really like Allen. (Gull's pretty cool too.) I'd take Allen's advice. I have swum through a rather important meet with bronchitis. It was torture. Get a steroid inhaler, take singular and take some mucinex to help the cough. If your throat starts closing up, you might need a steroid injection. But this usually takes 24 hours to take effect. Try not to die. If you don't see a doctor before the meet, you better go after or risk future death. My god, this is a deathly thread.
But why is a national swimmer swimming in a private pool with a bubble?
Not too scare you but I would go seek professional medical help. Just get yourself checked out....they say ventilate when you use bleach....it's seems like the same thing.
I'd do it too, but I really hate doctors. I know I can withstand this, and live through it, it's not that big of a deal. Yeah, it's worse than other times I've had to deal with it, but it's workable. It's not so bad it's affecting my entire system. . . Just respritory. That's all.
--Arojekt.
I don't know what this bubble is that you speak of but if I began having respiratory problems after being in a super chlorinated pool, I would seek advice from an MD. If this is a public pool I am amazed that they would allow anybody in there so soon after a shock treatment.
I'd do it too, but I really hate doctors. I know I can withstand this, and live through it, it's not that big of a deal. Yeah, it's worse than other times I've had to deal with it, but it's workable. It's not so bad it's affecting my entire system. . . Just respritory. That's all.
--Arojekt.
Is this a joke? You are willing to accept that there might be damage to your bronchial tubes or perhaps to your lungs? Hey, whatever! :shakeshead:
