Effects of swimming pool water on the cornea.
Eye examinations performed on 50 subjects immediately before and after swimming in a chlorinated pool showed that 34 subjects (68%) saw rainbows and/or halos around lights after swimming, a symptom indicating the presence of corneal edema. Forty-seven subjects (94%) had corneal epithelial erosions in a punctate or linear pattern demonstrated by fluorescein staining on slit-lamp examination. No subject experienced a measurable decrease in visual acuity.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002713:Chlorine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D003315:Cornea / Q000187:drug effects*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007038:Hypotonic Solutions; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013551:Swimming Pools; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis
D007038:Hypotonic Solutions; D002713:Chlorine