Last Thursday at my local YMCA, I almost couldn't complete my workout because I could not control my coughing towards the end. I have been swimming at this Y without any issues for a year. Yesterday (Tuesday), I had the same thing happen. I swam outdoors on Sunday, and had no issues. I ran this morning outdoors and had no issues. This is twice now that this particular Y has caused me to stop swimming because of coughing in the past week. The lifeguards say the water levels are fine.
I hear others complaining of high pH levels in this saline pools which produces higher chlorine levels. I am not a chemist, so I am only repeating what I have heard.
Are there any respitory issues that I could be subjecting myself to by swimming this poorly ventilated pool?
Interesting that you should post this today—the New York Times has a "Well" column that addresses exactly this issue. Here's the url:
well.blogs.nytimes.com/.../
There's a lot of valuable information here, some of it speculative, and it's worth reading to the end. My own particular issue with pools is that I experience explosive sneezing fits after swimming, but only when I swim in certain pools. My current pool is several degrees cooler than average and not nearly as intensively chlorinated, and I experience no such symptoms now.
Interesting that you should post this today—the New York Times has a "Well" column that addresses exactly this issue. Here's the url:
well.blogs.nytimes.com/.../
There's a lot of valuable information here, some of it speculative, and it's worth reading to the end. My own particular issue with pools is that I experience explosive sneezing fits after swimming, but only when I swim in certain pools. My current pool is several degrees cooler than average and not nearly as intensively chlorinated, and I experience no such symptoms now.
