I've been reading on here and there is a lot of good experience here. Maybe some has run into this.
My 13 year old son is a swimmer. Swims 5-6 days a week, 2.5 hours a day. He's been swimming since he was 6. This year his training got taken up a notch and this fall he has been sick A LOT. Colds and a couple of sinus infections. However during/after this last sickness the upper part of his right eye swelled up. Swelled almost shut. We put him on antibiotics and very little improvement. He wasn't out of the water long but a couple of days. Then we took him out of the water and put him on stronger antibiotics. Some improvement, but looked like it was getting worse again. The opthamologist put him on a steriod pack and it got better immediately! Not all the way but better. The doctor said it isn't an infection, but something irritating the tissue around the eye. He was out of the pool for 2 weeks and the only thing that seemed to make it better was the steroid. As he's tapered down the steroid pack, it's kinda flared back up, but he went back to the pool as well. We do not want this to be swimming related. I cannot imagine telling him he cannot swim.
Does anyone have any experience? I seem to think that if it was something with swimming it would have improved a lot with two weeks out of the water. He feels great. A little stuffy, but "normal" for him.
I appreciate any comments or thoughts out there. Not swimming is not an option! Thanks!
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See my post in the old thread titled "Goggle Allergy"...
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As per the previous post - his goggles could contribute to the problem.
If his goggles have a foam gasket - try some with a rubber or silicone seal. My goggles have developed mold before - but it was visible only because the goggles were clear. If the goggles were tinted I would have never noticed.
Put them in the dishwasher to clean them. And rotate between pairs.
I wasn't suggesting a goggle allergy. In the case of the swimmer on my team:
"The tests showed that she was sensitive to a few various things... But you know what finally solved her problem? A new POOL MANAGER. The new manager fixed some broken pool equipment and got the pool water cleaned up. Her problems magically went away.
You might ask your pool staff whether they've changed chemicals or systems recently. If they say no, try swimming in a different pool for a while to see whether the problem goes away. If it does, you'll know it's something in your pool."
Thank you for the replys. He is responding well to the steroid treatment. His goggles are silicone, but I did find some mold in them. He'd been out of the pool for 2 weeks with nothing clearing up so we still have no idea. We've changed his goggles, the steroid are working and we are just hoping for the best right now. Thank you again!
