I moved to a community in July that has an indoor pool. Great! I can do water aerobics and enjoy the pool.
But I started getting hives and rashes in August.
By September 1 I was covered with sores from digging my skin all hours of the day and night.
I was told it was dry skin (Having moved from NH to New Mexico)
It got worse in spite of all the creams and lotions. I was even put on steroids. That helped - but within two days of stopping them the itch and rash returned.
The doctor said it can't be the pool - the pool I use has bromine instead of chlorine - very unusual to be allergic to that.
Saw an allergist - nope, can't be the pool.
Saw a dermatologist - nope, not the pool.
I have all kinds of OTC pills and creams, prescription for creams and pills.
Skin clears, I go in the pool for an hour and within 12 hours I want to rip my skin off, in spite of heavy duty anti histimines and all the lotions and creams.
Anyone have any suggestions????
I had asked a similar question when I first started to swim in a bromine- treated pool, as I had a very sore patch on my skin. One of the suggestions was to use aquaphor, which creates a barrier on the skin. It has worked very well...
I had asked a similar question when I first started to swim in a bromine- treated pool, as I had a very sore patch on my skin. One of the suggestions was to use aquaphor, which creates a barrier on the skin. It has worked very well...
