Chlorine, asthma, and our pool

Dear Editor:
I recently had reason to have my breathing checked out, to see if I have asthma. The technician who operates the breathing equipment at the Wetaskiwin Hospital, said that there had been numerous persons referred for testing of late, who claimed they never had asthma until they started frequenting the new swimming pool, the Manluk Centre. I was able to report that my symptoms were in place before that and that I have been swimming for years, that fact not necessarily responsible for my breathing problems as I have lived and worked in the various farm dusts for years.....

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Exercise-induced asthma surprises many athletes, but it can be managed

Kelly O'Boyle has always been an athlete. As a child, she played lacrosse, basketball, soccer and softball. In high school, she ran track. At the University of Miami, she rows.
Two years ago, when she was rowing six days a week, she noticed it was getting harder to breathe. She went to a doctor, who diagnosed her with exercise-induced asthma, a condition that affects both people with underlying asthma or without any symptoms of chronic asthma.....

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Sleeping on animal skins might protect against childhood asthma, hay fever

Babies who slept on animal skins during their first 3 months of life were almost 40% less likely to have asthma by the time they were 10 years old, according to a population-based cohort study.....

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