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.
If you can find a pool somewhere in your area that uses an irradiation system, you could rule out chlorine's effects by swimming a couple practices there.
The past couple years chlorine has been wreaking havoc with my nasal passages. Last week we were in Florida and I got to swim outside. I didn't wear the nose clip that I've been using indoors. I had no trouble at all with my sinuses.
Definitely worth a try to see if you can find a pool with a different sort of filter system (bromine-based might help as well), or, if you're going to be somewhere that you can swim outside for a couple practices you might see if that helps.
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If you can find a pool somewhere in your area that uses an irradiation system, you could rule out chlorine's effects by swimming a couple practices there.
The past couple years chlorine has been wreaking havoc with my nasal passages. Last week we were in Florida and I got to swim outside. I didn't wear the nose clip that I've been using indoors. I had no trouble at all with my sinuses.
Definitely worth a try to see if you can find a pool with a different sort of filter system (bromine-based might help as well), or, if you're going to be somewhere that you can swim outside for a couple practices you might see if that helps.
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