Last Updated on April 3, 2021
Chlorine can cause lung irritation, skin conditions, burns, blisters, and hives. Sounds fun, huh?!
4. Legionnaires’ Disease
“Legion”… what? Well, let me tell you about this disease. Legionnaires’ Disease is a severe form of pneumonia whose symptoms include high fever, muscle pain, headaches, diarrhea, cough, shortness of breath, and nausea/vomiting.
This disease is very present in swimming pools, namely the water vapor released and breathed by swimmers. It can only take two days or so after getting exposed to the bacteria before you start manifesting the symptoms.
5. Swimmer’s ear
Swimmer’s ear is a condition where the outer ear canal gets infected due to chlorine found in swimming pools, in addition to disinfectants and high pH levels. This mixture is catastrophic as it plagues your ears with bacterial growth and fungus, causing itchiness, wellness, pain, pus, and a plugged-up feeling in the ears.
Swimming with other people in public swimming pools increases the risk of contracting bacteria and viruses, resulting in conditions like Swimmer’s ear.
And those were the top 5 reasons you should avoid swimming pools. So if you still want to visit your local swimming pool this summer, good luck with that!
