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    Why skipping a shower before entering the swimming pool can be seriously bad for your health

    Chlorinated environments can make people feel as if they are choking
    It is caused by by-products formed when chlorine mixes with other substances
    This is mostly down to people not showering when they enter the pool
    These float above the surface as a gaseous solution that can be inhaled
    The solution damages the lining of the airways, possibly causing lung disorders
    By Lucy Elkins for Daily Mail
    PUBLISHED: 01:11 BST, 11 April 2017

    Retired nurse Sue Collins was just beginning the second length of her local pool when her morning swim suddenly became anything but a pleasure.

    Two months ago Sue, 69, who has never suffered from asthma or any other breathing problem in the past, suddenly found herself gasping for breath.

    ‘I felt as if my throat and oesophagus were closing up,’ says the grandmother, who lives near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.


    Skipping a shower before you get in the pool could be seriously bad for your health

    ‘I hauled myself out on the side and lay there clutching my chest, struggling to breathe. It was terrifying. I thought: “Am I going to have a heart attack? A stroke?”
    ‘I had felt a little breathless after finishing my swim a couple of weeks before — but this time it was far worse.’
    After sitting quietly for a few minutes Sue’s breathing improved and she decided to, as she puts it, ‘not be a wimp’ and get back in.....

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...#ixzz4dxmcnFM0

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    Or just dont swim and problem solved

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guru View Post
    Or just dont swim and problem solved
    Yea that grandmother needs to sit at her home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkSecret View Post
    Yea that grandmother needs to sit at her home.
    Swimming is good for old people.

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    I should have been dead a long time ago then
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