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Dealing with allergy to chlorine
by mayna, Mar 07, 2008 08:16PM
I couldn't find a topic that quite fit, sorry.
I am allergic to chlorine (and bromine). I get horrible eczema if I swim in a pool, go in a hot tub, wash my hands in tap water that has too much chlorine in it, sit on a toilet seat or bench that has just been cleaned with bleach water if it hasn't been dried off, sweating on poolside furniture (making it wet), use cleaning products without gloves if they have chlorine in them. I used a birthing tub at a hospital that had been cleaned with bleach... I had them rinse it out, but I had the worst eczema from that, they were patches the size of salad plates on my legs, back, arms. (worse than the eczema I get from pools)
If I go into a pool once, I'm ok until about 2 days later when the eczema comes. And then if I go into a pool even twice a week, the eczema just gets worse and worse until i can't stand it anymore (very red and sore). And if I quit going in a pool, it goes away.
In the winter time it's not so bad, but I have 3 kids and I would like to take them swimming. Is there anything I can do to decrease the reaction I get from the chlorine? (showering, using anti-chlorine bodywash afterward, putting anti-chlorine lotion on beforehand... that doesn't work)
I am allergic to chlorine (and bromine). I get horrible eczema if I swim in a pool, go in a hot tub, wash my hands in tap water that has too much chlorine in it, sit on a toilet seat or bench that has just been cleaned with bleach water if it hasn't been dried off, sweating on poolside furniture (making it wet), use cleaning products without gloves if they have chlorine in them. I used a birthing tub at a hospital that had been cleaned with bleach... I had them rinse it out, but I had the worst eczema from that, they were patches the size of salad plates on my legs, back, arms. (worse than the eczema I get from pools)
If I go into a pool once, I'm ok until about 2 days later when the eczema comes. And then if I go into a pool even twice a week, the eczema just gets worse and worse until i can't stand it anymore (very red and sore). And if I quit going in a pool, it goes away.
In the winter time it's not so bad, but I have 3 kids and I would like to take them swimming. Is there anything I can do to decrease the reaction I get from the chlorine? (showering, using anti-chlorine bodywash afterward, putting anti-chlorine lotion on beforehand... that doesn't work)
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If you are so severely allergic to chlorine the best option is to avoid it completely. Have you tried any oral antihistamine medications or anti allergic medications? Have they helped with your symptoms?
You could also use calamine lotion at the sites of the eczema.
It would be advisable to consult an allergy specialist for your symptoms and see what he /she has to say.
Let us know if you have any more doubts and also keep us posted on how you are doing.
Hope this helps.
Regards.