login
aspirating water during swim
-
No new posts
 2014-07-11 8:34 PM |
New user 1 |  Subject: aspirating water during swimin my last two races and while practice swimming I get about half way through my swim and start coughing like crazy and coughing up a froth that starts out pink and gets redder as the swim goes on. Anyone else experience this? I don't aspirate a large amount of water. It must just be the accumulation of water a little bit at a time. I've been to the doctor today. I don't have any infection or pneumonia in the lung. I don't have shortness of breath or pain in my chest. The only thing I can think of is that I'm accumulating water a littel bit at a time. Any pointers? |
| 2014-07-11 11:06 PM in reply to: jmland |
Regular 1161    Hamilton, IL | Subject: RE: aspirating water during swim How far are these races? I'm no dr, but I could cough and hack for days and never see anything pink. That doesn't sound right to me. |
| 2014-07-12 7:43 AM in reply to: jmland |
Veteran 327 Plaquemine, Louisiana | Subject: RE: aspirating water during swim Go to the Doctor asap. |
| 2014-07-12 7:49 AM in reply to: jmland |
Master 2447 Marietta, Ga | Subject: RE: aspirating water during swim Go to the doctor and tell them you're coughing up a mixture of blood and sputum. This will give them what they need to start an assessment. If I'm reading your post correctly, your symptoms are by no means normal. |
| 2014-07-12 9:42 AM in reply to: Motivated |
Regular 1161 Hamilton, IL | Subject: RE: aspirating water during swim You both said to go to the Doc, but the OP says "went to the doctor today" Second opinion? |
| 2014-07-12 9:55 AM in reply to: Danno77 |
Veteran 327 Plaquemine, Louisiana | Subject: RE: aspirating water during swim If he didn't go to a specialist he needs to. I'm guessing he went to a general practitioner. There something wrong somewhere if he's coughing up blood tinged sputum.
|
| 2014-07-12 2:40 PM in reply to: jmland |
Regular 233 Clermont, Florida | Subject: RE: aspirating water during swim Sounds like it could be swim induced pulmonary edema (SIPE). Fairly recently described phenomena, but I've seen it a few times in the medical tent when I'm volunteering instead of racing. Usually self limited and responsive to supportive care. Do a quick google search and you will find all kinds of references. If you saw a GP or were not clear about the mechanism and development of symptoms, easy to see how the diagnosis could be missed. A couple links to help start your search: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15302723 http://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0301/p1046.html http://www.slowtwitch.com/Training/Swimming/Swimming_Induced_Pulmon... Hope that helps! And talk to your doctor. |
| 2014-07-12 4:29 PM in reply to: exnavydoc |
Expert 721 | Subject: RE: aspirating water during swim Originally posted by exnavydoc Sounds like it could be swim induced pulmonary edema (SIPE). Fairly recently described phenomena, but I've seen it a few times in the medical tent when I'm volunteering instead of racing. Usually self limited and responsive to supportive care. Do a quick google search and you will find all kinds of references. If you saw a GP or were not clear about the mechanism and development of symptoms, easy to see how the diagnosis could be missed. A couple links to help start your search: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15302723http://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0301/p1046.html http://www.slowtwitch.com/Training/Swimming/Swimming_Induced_Pulmon... Hope that helps! And talk to your doctor.
^^This. It won't be on a GPs radar, so either bring it up specifically or go see a pulmonologist. |
|
|
|
| |||
| |||
| |||
| |||
| Car keys during open water swim Pages: 1 2 |
| ||||
|
| |||
|
| |||
|
|
View profile
Add to friends
Go to training log
Go to race log
Send a message
View album
CONNECT WITH FACEBOOK