I've searched a fair bit, excuse me if it's been answered but...I've always had a problem with excessive mucus when swimming. Once I get up to a certain level of exertion, it just flows. I've always felt a little bad about spitting in the gutters, but I can't really help it unless I interrupt my workout. If it matters, I've never once done so in the open pool. Is this terrible and disgusting? My assumption has always been that a certain level of filtration happens between these gutters and the water inlets.
Thanks!
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Actually as gross as this topic seems, swimming is in fact a very safe activity as far as exposure to pathogens is concerned.
If properly maintained (and people use common sense regarding personal hygiene), a pool or a hot tub is one of the most germ free environments you can be in.
Think of it this way: When you’re submerged in pool water, you’re completely surrounded by a disinfecting barrier that isolates you (and others) from exchanging live germs. Compare the highly purified water of a pool with being on a bus, a plane, or in an office where people are constantly exhaling (and atomizing) oral and nasal fluids into unfiltered and undisinfected air.
As I mentioned in my previous post, a nose clip will block the upper respiratory tract and that should solve your problem.
Dolphin 2
Actually as gross as this topic seems, swimming is in fact a very safe activity as far as exposure to pathogens is concerned.
If properly maintained (and people use common sense regarding personal hygiene), a pool or a hot tub is one of the most germ free environments you can be in.
Think of it this way: When you’re submerged in pool water, you’re completely surrounded by a disinfecting barrier that isolates you (and others) from exchanging live germs. Compare the highly purified water of a pool with being on a bus, a plane, or in an office where people are constantly exhaling (and atomizing) oral and nasal fluids into unfiltered and undisinfected air.
As I mentioned in my previous post, a nose clip will block the upper respiratory tract and that should solve your problem.
Dolphin 2
