I would be interested in your collective thoughts on swimming with a cold, the flu, or worse. Two issues to consider...
1.) Exercise helps stimulate the body and may help with overcoming the illness, or at least it's symptoms. I'm not a doctor, so some feedback on this would be appreciated.
2.) As noted in another thread, what about your fellow swimmers, are you putting them at risk and possibly spreading whatever it is you have as we all gasp the same air at the end of the lanes? Again, not being a doctor, I would be interested in thoughts on how real (or imagined) this risk may be.
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This has been very helpful to me. I have a twice a year thing that has never been contagious (my kids and wife and close friends never get it, but it really stuffs the lungs for about a week) but always saps me pretty bad in the pool.
Usually I drink more fluids, get regular sleep intervals and things come around okay within a week or so. I have also found that I need to ease up alot on the swimming, as has been mentioned already.
Thanks for the good advice/discussion.
This has been very helpful to me. I have a twice a year thing that has never been contagious (my kids and wife and close friends never get it, but it really stuffs the lungs for about a week) but always saps me pretty bad in the pool.
Usually I drink more fluids, get regular sleep intervals and things come around okay within a week or so. I have also found that I need to ease up alot on the swimming, as has been mentioned already.
Thanks for the good advice/discussion.
