Afraid Of My Pool

[beachglass]

I hope so. That was his thoughts. I thought for sure he would be lining up allergy tests, however he did not think that was it. I never tested positive for latex, metals etc etc, just pollen/dust allergies, none of which ever caused a rash like this. Never had an issue with chlorine or SW pools before, so it has to be that salt. I may never know what actually caused it but I sure hope we are on the right track with the salt additive being the suspect. It certainly all lines up pointing in that direction.

 

[Dirk]

 

[riley00dog]

Good to hear it’s not an allergy. Obviously a skin irritation isn’t pleasant, but it won’t kill you like a true allergy had the potential to do. Hopefully the dermatologist can shed some light on it. If not, it might just be one of those things, though I do agree it sounds like an additive in the salt.

 

[beachglass]

Here I am. Long day yesterday. Saw the dermatologist. He believes that this was the pool but wants to be certain, so he did a biopsy. The rash was no where like it was, almost cleared up since I have not been in the pool since 10/31. Obviously told me to stay out of it until we know what is going on. He thought it was a very good idea to have diluted the pool to get the salt out. So I await the results.

So we are done with the slam and this is what we have this a.m.

CL: 6
CC: 0
PH: 7.2
TA: 40
CYA: 35
CAL: 90

So, we have some work to do. Suggestions how to start?

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Agreed. Just posted below on what happened at dermatologists.

 

[mknauss]

You need to add calcium to get your CH to 300 ppm or so. Otherwise follow the [FC/CYA][/FC/CYA].

 

[beachglass]

Will do. Thank You.