Chlorine sensitivity after swimming

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I've recently taking up swimming again as I want to do a triathlon. However, after the sessions I get really bad sneezing and my nose is streaming so badly that it wakes me up at night.
Last night I actually stuck some Vaseline up my nose to try and reduce it.
I am wearing goggles but would prefer not to wear a nose clip.
Any advice from swimmers out there please?

I used to get itchy skin but not sneezing. Sorry, not much help. Reddit?

Hi no real help OP sorry just following as my DH has started with breathing difficulties after swimming. It's not asthma, it's a reaction to the gases ( chemicals & bacteria ) He's gutted!
Have you tried an antihistamine?

I take an antihistamine about half an hour or so before I swim and it helps stop the sneezing and itchy eyes.

I have this - antihistamine helps a bit but if I swim around the time the pool is clean chlorinated, my nose streams & I can't stop sneezing.

Thank you all.
I will get some anti-histamines and also maybe do some saline nose washing after swimming.
I'm really enjoying the swimming and do not want to give it up now.

Contact other local swimming pools and find out whether any of them use bromine or ozone to sanitise the water instead. They don't all use chlorine.

I'm a member at a private club but have only recently taking up swimming again. I will discuss the level of chlorine with them.

Ask them to check that the pH levels are correct, as that is often where they can go a bit wrong. They might not be looking at that often enough. Every time you dose a pool with chlorine it alters the pH, so you have to adjust that as well.

That's interesting... I went swimming for the first time in ages recently, one of my eyes seems to have become very sensitive as it was irritated for days after - this happened at a local pool I'd been to in the past and one in a hotel which did smell quite strongly of chlorine. (I was wearing goggles but can never find any that 100% work.) .
I think the local council pool switched to ozone a few years ago so maybe I'll give that a try.

Sore eyes is more likely to be incorrect pH levels. Too acidic or alkaline and it irritates the eyes. I used to work for a firm that did swimming pool stuff, but it was a while ago now, so I can't remember the ideal pH, but that was often the culprit.

I suppose it could be - seems a bit odd it was two different pools and it's never happened before.