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Coughing spasm w/blood in it when swimming in pool treated w/chlorine
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Feb 28 12:41pm | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
@sweethighland @bayarea58 @pammie52 @sueinmn
Oh no....I have not put myself in my swimming pool for a couple of years due to not knowing if it would or would not bother the unexpected diagnosis of Eczema that was diagnosed about the same time I received the diagnosis of BE.
I have recently been thinking I will use that 'money pit' this summer. Especially since the dermatologist said the chlorine is O.K. with Eczema and can be helpful.
So now, after reading the recent posts because I did not see the original post, I don't think, I might not be swimming in the pool.
However, if I understood correctly our volunteer has said she has swam in a pool and apparently has not had any problems.???
I wonder if it is the type of bacteria one has and of course the actual condition of the lungs themselves with or without a bacteria????
I wonder if the chemical ratio of the pool water chemicals had anything to do with it..... especially a public swimming pool (indoor or outdoor) verses a homeowner's outdoor swimming pool...where one is diligent about the balance of the chemicals and range of each chemical ?????
I wonder if the swimming pool had had problems with pseudomonas to begin with???
@bayarea58 @sweethighland@pammie52 After the bleed and or before the bleed in the swimming pool were you then diagnosed with a bacteria or had you been previously diagnosed with a type of bacteria before the swim and bleed? Were they indoor pools, hot tubs, or outdoor???
Barbara
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@blm1007blm1007 I would assume if there is in fact any connection between the pool and the hemoptysis it would be some sort of irritation from the chlorine with regard to the bronchiectasis (“BE”) (or maybe those backflips). The pool I was in was outdoor at a large resort, very busy, I assume it was heavily chlorinated. I did not have any history of lung infection/disease when I went to the ER, I would have told you then that my lungs were fine - it was quite a shock. I was eventually diagnosed with MAI, after sputum, but I doubt the MAI came from the pool or that an initial exposure of MAI would cause hemoptysis overnight. I have advanced disease so I must have had the MAI for some time and didn’t know it. As for whether swimming pools are safe for those of us at heightened risk for lung infections, the information I have seen/heard seems all over the place. I think it’s safe to say indoor pools are a hard no, but outdoor pools … well, we each have to decide what our comfort level is with what seems largely unknown/unstudied. For now, myself, I am staying out of pools, but it makes me sad. And if I were in my 80’s I don’t know that I would give up something so joyful when the risk seems so uncertain.
@blm1007blm1007 My Nat Jewish doctor said the aerosol in indoor pools contains MAC and chlorine does not kill these bacteria. He said to me very unwise to swim indoors
@blm1007blm1007 I think it was chlorine that irritates my airways but also I'm colonized with hard-to-treat bacteria. So, I'm not sure what causes the bleeding.
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@blm1007blm1007, i think they mentionned swimming in a chlorine pool. They might not have hemoptysis had the pool been saline treated instead of chlorine.
By the way, Barbara, I wanted to thank you for that Amazon link for the long handle knot massager. It helps greatly perform percussions!
Best wishes of great health to all of us!