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Chlorine impact on chemo patients
I'm a registered massage therapist, specializing in aquatic therapy and am seeing a new patient who has some lumbar issues and a knee that might need replacing down the road. She is also presently receiving chemotherapy for ovarian cancer. While there needs to be no discussion about the positive effects of immersion for her back and knee, my concern is with the effects of the chlorine in the pool while she's undergoing chemo. My pool is chlorinated while her pool in her hometown is salt-water. What advice can you share about the effects of chlorine in conjunction with chemotherapy?
Salt water pools are still chlorinated pools. State statute requires that all public pools have a halogen (chlorine/bromine) in them for sanitation. A "salt water" pool is just a pool that brings chlorine in a solid (NaCl or salt) and the uses electricity to split the Na from the Cl (thus rendering Chlorine). It's really not any easier on your skin. More here (see inline generator): http://www.alisonosinski.com/?p=419 and here: http://www.carefreeclearwater.com/saltwaterpools.html
A better pool may be one that uses a supplemental system like ozone or ultraviolet light. These systems disinfect the water so that less halogen is needed. More here: http://www.alisonosinski.com/?p=432
I hope this helps!
A better pool may be one that uses a supplemental system like ozone or ultraviolet light. These systems disinfect the water so that less halogen is needed. More here: http://www.alisonosinski.com/?p=432
I hope this helps!