Indoor Pool/waterpark

[greeneyes48072]

For spring break in Feb I took him to an indoor waterpark/pool. His tics blew up after and continued for a week or two at the increased rate. I thought he must have over done it and picked up a virus, slight cold. For his birthday this weekend we rented a room at an indoor pool and the kids swam for about two hours, not even close to how long he played at the waterpark in Feb. His tics blew up to their worst by that evening and have continued. Has anyone else noticed anything with indoor pools, outdoor pools or waterparks. Is it the chlorine, does it have something to do with it being indoor? I sure hope this won't happen every time he wants to swim outside this summer....

[Suzan]

Hi, strangely enough I ran across this post this morning while searching for something else so I thought I would post the link... Good luck!

 

http://www.latitudes.org/forums/index.php?...amp;hl=chlorine

[myrose]

Unfortunately Chlorine is a BIG trigger for some people.

One way to help or to maybe see if its the chlorine is shower him immediately after swimming and then get some magnesium cream and rub it all over.

It would probably benefit him more with a good soak in epsoms salts immediately after getting out of the pool, but I know this is not sometimes something we can all do.

 

So now I am thinking (maybe others can comment) if rubbing him down with magnesium cream BEFORE he hits the pool and then afterwards immediately washing him and applying more cream??? (Not sure if the cream will absorb quickly or just get washed off)

 

Even a slight decrease in tics after doing this a few times could possibly help you identify that Chlorine is a true tic trigger for him.

 

Lastly, how about a little mag. before the pool?