21 years old--barely an adult and here I am, being temporarily diagnosised with acute respiratory distress disease. Last spring I began swimming a ton of long swims (2hours consecutive swims) and such and I developed this very strong and persistent cough. I saw the health services at school they said it was nothing--so I kept swimming, it got worse, went home for easter break and it was still getting worse so I saw another doctor and he gave me some meds for a respiratory infection--but it still didn't get much better--it wasn't until I had been out of the pool nearly a month that it went away.
Well, a month into my senior year college season the cough is back, and I just finished four days on a heavy dosage of prednisone to try to reduce the inflammation in my lungs and I'm still hacking up a lung. So, off to the pulmonary specialist again I go. But so far, they're saying theres a strong chance I have ARDD, directly associated with swimming indoors and the chemicals in an indoor pool complex.
Super.
Anyone had any experiences similar?
*Morgan
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This will be my second time seeing a pulmonary Dr., but this time since it's a bigger deal I am going to look for a really reputable one.
Last year when I had this coughing situation it was when I was using a very well ventilated and clean pool--at a brand new YMCA in Guilderland, NY. It was probably one of the nicest pools I had swam in in a long time. So that surprises me that caused me to have troubles. My college pool, it is not surprising at all, poor ventilation, poor water quality a lot of times.
I am not sure what all this will detail for me-I have been living on singulair, albuterol, and two other inhalers with strange names. Plus I took allergy shots for 3 years and I am finally done with that cycle.
It's a cruddy situation.
This will be my second time seeing a pulmonary Dr., but this time since it's a bigger deal I am going to look for a really reputable one.
Last year when I had this coughing situation it was when I was using a very well ventilated and clean pool--at a brand new YMCA in Guilderland, NY. It was probably one of the nicest pools I had swam in in a long time. So that surprises me that caused me to have troubles. My college pool, it is not surprising at all, poor ventilation, poor water quality a lot of times.
I am not sure what all this will detail for me-I have been living on singulair, albuterol, and two other inhalers with strange names. Plus I took allergy shots for 3 years and I am finally done with that cycle.
It's a cruddy situation.
