I train regularly on a swim team at
several different pools. Lately, while I
have been training at one of the pools, I
have been getting a severe cough during
practice. I don't understand what it is
but I don't think it is my asthma, since
taking my inhaler doesn't help and my peak
flow meter stays up throughout the
practice. I have been getting this cough
ever since the pool re-opened from
construction. Could I be coughing because
I am allergic to something that was used
during the construction? I don't cough
when I swim at any of the other pools I
train at. Could I be coughing because it
is an indoor pool instead of an outdoor
one? I really don't understand it and
neither does my asthma pulmonologist.
I have also noticed that this cough only
occurs when I am stressing my lungs. It
takes a while for my cough to get really
severe (like I get it about an hour into
practice) and it will slowly go away if I
get out of the water and sit or just take
it easy for a while. Please help!
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MandMs
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Posted: 07-15-08 06:17am
Do you have other symptoms like burning
eyes, nasal burning and congestion?
Have you noticed that your asthma symptoms
got worse?
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jessie5025
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Posted: 07-19-08 14:05pm
Not really. I just have a severe cough
that only comes on at that one pool.
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MandMs
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Posted: 07-28-08 04:53am
Most harmful chlorine exposures are the
result of inhalation, causing airway
irritation, wheezing, difficulty
breathing, sore throat, cough and chest
tightness.
Being exposed to chlorinated hydrocarbons
in overchlorinated pool can lead to
hypersensitivity and "asthma-like"
respiratory conditions in some swimmers.
Also, even though chlorine concentrations
in a pool environment are at acceptable
"safe" levels, it is a swimmer's
exercising that produces abnormal levels
of exposure to this toxin (exercising in a
chlorinated pool increases the levels of
assimilation of chlorine related gases.)
