help! swimming is killing me...i started a masters program 6 months ago, up to 3500 yrds 3-4 times a week, love it, feel great, more energy,lost weight however... started getting sick about 5 weeks ago after workout,labored breathing chills and flu like pain lasts 24 hours or so. my dr prescribed anti biotics and inhaler took 1 week off went back strong workout felt great, got even sicker next day better. now prednisone and 2 weeks off, feel great,go back, go easy 2000 yrds-sick again! my goal is to swim open water mile this june and i need to get this thing solved, i don't think it's asthma as the inhaler does nothing and also my eyes were horribly bloodshot when i was acutely sick, any ideas? i even tried another pool thinking same results.
I wouldn't try too hard to find a link between swimming and your problem. You have a pretty small sample size to make a conclusion. I think you need to simplify this and look at what is most likely; you have had a couple viral illnesses back to back. It happens. God knows it has happened to me. The fact that you show no response to Albuterol makes it unlikely it is asthma. Have you tried other types of workouts to see if you get the same effect? Also, when you say "sick", are you talking about chills and fever every time you swim? Or just body aches?
My biggest problem swimming is reflux, especially if I recently had coffee or a large meal. Yesterday I had barbecue chicken for lunch, waited 2 hours, went to the pool and suffered through severe heartburn for 2500 yards. I rarely do that, usually I swim first thing in the morning or after a light breakfast. Learned my lesson yesterday. Anyone else with this issue?
I wouldn't try too hard to find a link between swimming and your problem. You have a pretty small sample size to make a conclusion. I think you need to simplify this and look at what is most likely; you have had a couple viral illnesses back to back. It happens. God knows it has happened to me. The fact that you show no response to Albuterol makes it unlikely it is asthma. Have you tried other types of workouts to see if you get the same effect? Also, when you say "sick", are you talking about chills and fever every time you swim? Or just body aches?
My biggest problem swimming is reflux, especially if I recently had coffee or a large meal. Yesterday I had barbecue chicken for lunch, waited 2 hours, went to the pool and suffered through severe heartburn for 2500 yards. I rarely do that, usually I swim first thing in the morning or after a light breakfast. Learned my lesson yesterday. Anyone else with this issue?
