
|
 |
Pharmacy |
 |
|
Over
10,000 products currently online...
|
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Health Tip for swimmers
Jeannie Crabtree
Chlorine In Pools Does Not Provide Safety From Some Germs
And Parasites.
Are you aware that public swimming pools and shared water areas can be very
efficient spreaders of disease? If you or your children have ever gone
swimming in public places, especially pools and then ended up with illness
consider these facts:
Giardia and Cryptosporidium cysts are extremely resistant to chlorine and
may remain infective for several days in swimming pool water
containing even the recommended chlorine concentrations. In addition,
because of their small size, these may not be removed efficiently by
conventional pool filters.
How did Cryptosporidium, Giardia, E.coli and other ?°bugs?± get into the
pool? Through fecal matter. Think of all those people swimming around.
People having accidents in the pool. This could be formed stools or diarhea.
To prevent transmission, persons with diarrhea should not swim. As well,
it is unlikely that those swim diapers can keep fecal matter from leaking
into the pool. Swimmers should avoid swallowing pool water, and persons
should practice good hygiene before swimming, after using the restroom, and
after changing a diaper.
To educate yourself on this and possibly avoid illness in your family, visit
These pages provided by The Center for Disease Control.
A very informative page with many articles:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasiticpathways/swimming/faq_swimmers.htm
and some printable fact sheets:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming
Copyright (c) 2001 This Health tip is provided by Jeannie Crabtree C.Ac.
Jeannie publishes Healthy Solutions newsletter. She shares health answers
that work, tips, nutrition suggestions and research. You can subscribe To
Healthy Solutions by visiting http://www.health-doc.com To Contact Jeannie-
Mailto:jeannie@... |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
 |
 |