The last few days after swimming my nose often feels like it has allergic reaction from the swims. It's runny and sometimes triggers sneezes, feels just like pollen allergies. Today all day, and I thought please let it not be swine flu :eek:. By now I'm sure it's not swine flu and it's from the swims. Has anyone experienced the same? The pool uses ozone, and a little chlorine.
The pool I swim uses mainly ozone, plus some chlorine (as I believe all ozone disinfected pools still uses some chlorine), but the chlorine should be very small amount (no strong smell). Maybe even that is too much for me. I haven't heard ozone could cause allergy (anyone knows?).
Actually a strong smell indicates the lack of "free chlorine" in the water. A freshly shocked and chlorinated pool will have very little odor that most people commonly think is chlorine.
This article describes the chemistry of how pools lose their chlorine strength and begin to smell and give people allergy symptoms. It could be the pool needs to be "shocked".
www.poolspa.com/.../shocktrt.htm
It's well known that ozone triggers an asthmatic attack in asthma sufferers. My pool uses ozone and a little chlorine. As it so happens, I'm slightly asthmatic and I never get enough air as I swim. In fact, I can't swim more than a length at a time. I have an asthma inhaler, but it doesn't seem to undo the effect of the ozone.
Some of my problem may have to do with technique, such as no exhaling fully and not keeping my body high enough in the water (as a result of not kicking steadily). But I'm pretty sure the problem with not getting enough air has to do with the ozone.
It's well known that ozone triggers an asthmatic attack in asthma sufferers. My pool uses ozone and a little chlorine. As it so happens, I'm slightly asthmatic and I never get enough air as I swim. In fact, I can't swim more than a length at a time. I have an asthma inhaler, but it doesn't seem to undo the effect of the ozone.
Some of my problem may have to do with technique, such as no exhaling fully and not keeping my body high enough in the water (as a result of not kicking steadily). But I'm pretty sure the problem with not getting enough air has to do with the ozone.
I think chlorine is more linked to asthma attacks than ozone. How far can you swim in a pool without ozone?
