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Swimming and Asthma

Filed in archive Asthma on September 8, 2008

Since we relocated, I've noticed that my son has been having more asthma episodes. Because it's perpetually summer over here, Swimming is one of his usual activities but it took a few months until we noticed a pattern. Every time he would go swimming, he would have some sniffles the following day, which would then get worse and end up in a full blown coughing fits and wheezing. It happens each and every time, and it took us so long to notice it only because he'd hit the pools perhaps just twice a month or so. So that by the time he was again well enough to go swimming, he would, and the cycle would start all over again.

What we still don't know is whether it's sensitivity to chlorine, or to the low water temperature. The pools here are unheated, and are about 22 to 25 degrees on a warm sunny day. I've bought him a thermal swimsuit, but seems to be ineffective. He wore the swimsuit last weekend, and as was before, he still had colds an cough. Hm, perhaps a visit to a specialist is warranted. Hopefully, there's still hope; after all, Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe also had chlorine sensitivities.

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