Category: Health
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Swimming And Showering With Contact Lenses On Pose A Huge Risk, Says CDC
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are risks of swimming with contact lenses. The CDC advised people who wear contact lenses not to swim or shower with these still in contact with their eyes. Infections and injuries can result, according to a recent survey. About 40 million people in the…
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#saveyourhearing – Allearplugs.com aim to raise awareness of swimmer’s ear
Online retailer Allearplugs.com are continuing to raise awareness for hearing loss with their Save Your Hearing Campaign. Hearing loss affects people all over the world. 1 in 6 people in the UK and 15 per cent of all American adults suffer some form of hearing impairment. This month, Save Your Hearing is focussing on swimmer’s…
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Ella Eyre’s ears ended swimming career
Ella Eyre became a singer when ear infections ended her swimming dreams. The 21-year-old star initially wanted to pursue her sporting passion when she was younger but gave it up after frequently getting ill, something which she now regards as a “blessing in disguise”. She said: “I wanted to be a swimmer when I was growing…
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Tips to Help Prevent Swimmer’s Ear
Guest post by EarQ Otitis externa is an infection of the ear canal, more commonly referred to as swimmer’s ear. The most common cause of this infection water becoming trapped in the ear canal and promoting rapid bacteria growth. Common symptoms of the infection include itching, pain, and swelling of the ear. Most cases aren’t…
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Preventing swimmer’s ear and bacteria in pools
As the temperature heats up, a lot of people are cooling off at the pools. Doctors at Greater Mobile Urgent Care say swimmers ear and gastrointestinal illnesses are common during the summer. If you have nausea, vomiting or diarrhea you may have caught a bug. Bacteria can also infect the ear canal and cause swimmer’s…
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Chlorine in the pool doesn’t make your eyes red – it’s the urine
Do you think you know why your eyes turn red after a day of swimming? The answer is grosser than you think and might make you think twice about heading to the pool this summer. For their annual Healthy Swimming Program, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) teamed with Water Quality and the Health Council…
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Number of swimmers in England drops by 390,000 in the last year
The sports minister Tracey Crouch has promised to deliver a new strategy for sport “as a matter of urgency†following a decline in participation. New figures published by Sport England have shown that the number of people playing sport has fallen, with swimming the most badly affected. Swimming is the country’s most popular sport with more…
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Special Olympics athlete dies after aquatics competition
An athlete died over the weekend after competing in the Maryland Special Olympics at Towson University. The athlete was competing in the aquatics competition, when she suffered a medical emergency, event officials confirmed. “The athlete was treated on-site by medical personnel and taken off-site to receive emergency medical care, where the athlete subsequently passed away.…
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Nurses Know – Contagious virus children could catch while swimming
A warning from parents from East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in this week’s Nurses Know segment. We are learning more about germs floating around in lake, river or pool that could make you very sick. The Centers for Disease Control is warning swimmers about the risk of contracting Norovirus from the water. It’s the same bug…