Is it true that it is the urine and not the chlorine in the swimming pool that makes eyes sting?
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When urine, sweat or other organic contaminants react with chlorine in pool water it produces what is called a chloromine. Chloromines cause the "chlorine odor" in swimming pools and can cause irritation to your eyes. \n\nChlorine really doesn't have much of an odor and this is easily confirmed.   A swimming pool only needs 1.5 or 2.0 ppm (parts per million) of a free availble chlorine residual to keep the pool water disinfected. A one gallon jug of liquid chlorine (sodium hypochlorite) is 12.5 % chlorine. The rest is referred to as "inert ingredients". Anyway, if we break down a jug of chlorine to ppm it comes out to 125,000ppm chlorine per gallon. That's 125,000ppm!!! Remember we only need 1.5ppm to keep our pool disinfected. Now take a whiff of the chlorine WHILE IT'S STILL IN THE JUG. It will have a very low odor. However, a swimming pool with a normal or lower chlorine residual (almost a 100,000 times lower) will smell like chlorine. Why? Because the existing chlorine in the water has combined with the organics to form a chloromine. \n\nBy the way, how do we get rid of that odor? Simple, we superchlorinate the water, which means adding usually 6 to 10 times the normal amount of chlorine to the water. This will oxidize the water of the exisiting chloromines and leave a normal residual of around 1.5 to 2.0 ppm.\n\nI know this may sound goofy to some people, but if you smell chlorine in a pool, to get rid of the smell, add more chlorine because the smell is NOT chlorine. It's true.
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Yes you could be allergic to chlorine. I dont see what salty foods have to do with that, salt is not chlorine. I am also allergic to chlorine. You can take antiheistamines before swimming. I usually react to drinking water if I drink a large amount of it though, so it may only be a very mild allergy. Go to your doctor and be tested for a chlorine allergy... it would probably affect your entire body, not just behind your knees. You could be allergic to something else in the water also, so try antiheistamines and see if they stop it.
1120217
yeah...it's called too much chlorine!
1107044
my guess is that the burning is from irritation.  next time you might wanna have more water in the pool before you go swimming.
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There is no way to know.  When people are asked questions about behavior that is widely disapproved of, a large percentage of people lie.\n\nIt would be nice to be able to chemically analyze pool water and get a definitive answer.  That won't work, though, because urine and sweat have almost exactly the same chemical composition.  \n\nYou may take comfort in the fact that urine is sterile when it is passed.  White blood cells roam the surface of your bladder consuming any microbes they encounter.  Although urine is a good medium for bacterial growth, the chlorine in pool water keeps the bacteria from flourishing.  You should be more concerned about not washing your hands before you eat.
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Hold it open and let it water, this will be kind of uncomfortable.  If that doesn't work go to an optometrist.  Something in your eye could cause problems (ie cornea abrasion) so be careful!  Go to the doctor asap!
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Possibly an allergy to a chemical in the solution you use. You could try switching solutions to see if it helps. It'll probably be a good idea to call your optometrist and ask him too.
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"smartliketra..." is correct, those "Chlorine" tabs for pools are not really Chlorine [gas], they are usualluy Calcium Hypochlorite.\n\nCalcium Hypochlorite:  Ca(OCl)2
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thats just something natural swim a little more since your body isn't used to the pool yet(being underwater) so just swim a little more OR it could be that your a little older now and your ears r more sensitive to chlorine?
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No, but to those who are thinking ewwww, lets think about this...\n\nPee is 95% water, 2.5 urea, and 2.5% salt, hormones, minerals, and enzymes.\n\nSo truthfully, it isn't all that bad for you. It contains no viruses, fungi, nothing.\n\nDid you know that urine is cleaner than spit? Imagine it. You are swimming and get some water in your mouth, so you spit it out. Spit can contatins bacteria and is filthy.\n\nAlso, think of aaalll those chemicals in the pool. Chlorine and other chemicals that the pool is treated with EVERY DAY! You think swallowing those chemicals is good for you? Sure, I would rather not drink urine, but compared to everything else in that pool...
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Bleach has Chlorine.  Chlorine gas reacts swiftly with water to produce HCl, a very powerful acid.  When chlorine enters your nose or lungs, it reacts with the water there and you get a burning sensation that your body reacts violently to.  Your body is so sensitive to chlorine that your nose will detect the presence of chlorine faster and at lower levels than an electronic detector.
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First of all, I experienced this problem recently with my child.  It is very painful!  The treatment we gave her is basically the same as it would be for anyone.\n\nWhen you scratch the cornea it makes your eye very sensitive to light, there is pain varying in the degree of the scratched area, and a lot of uncontrollable tears.\n\nWe had no idea what was wrong with her so we took her to the emergency room.  They evalutated her and found it to be an issue with her eye.\n\nTo confirm the problem a special dye was put in and the room lights were turned out while a black light was hovered over the eye.  It clearly shows the depth of the cut.  Everything shows up a fluorescent green color.  We could see how badly her eye was cut.\n\nHer treatment included: an antibiotic to apply to the eye, an eye patch to protect the eye, however, in our case our child was too small to tolerate the eye patch so we kept her in a darkened room for about 24 hours and she was able to tolerate light once again. She was also given medication to help relieve the pain.\n\nWe were told she shouldn't rub the eye as this would only aggravate the pain and healing process.  The doctor said the cornea is the fastest healing area of the body and only takes a day or two to heal.  That is the good news!\n\nThis was my personal experience and the treatment is the general treatment for anyone with a cornea scratch.
757966
By mistake in a pool but it probably wasn't too much....\n\nWhy? Are you sick?\n\n:)
332205
Yes it can and a kidney infection as well.  They hurt like hell too!
516880
no. your eye gets damaged from continued exposure to the contact lens.
95390
it depends on how much you ingest. you could be poisoned and would most likely have an upset stomach. the box that the eye drops comes in would probably have more details!
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Depends on how strong the chlorine is.\n\nReally, the water will do more damage.\nWATER IS NOT LUBE!!!\nIt will dry her out and decrease Her pleasure.\n\nStill, better to have sex in a chlorinated pool than one with who-knows-what swimming around in it (like bacteria, or cow poop or other nasty things).