Is there anything to worry about if my 9year old daughter swam in a pool that had a high chlorine level?

Question

My daughter was in pool that when the test strip came out of the pool, it indicated that the chlorine level was higher then the max on the chart. Is there anything to worry about? All other chemical levels were normal.

Answer 1

if she has no symptoms right now then shes fine. the first person has it right. except that flushing her eyes out wont do a thing just let her tears naturally carry it out

Answer 2

so long as she didn't injest it she should be fine. you need just to be sure to wash her hair, cover open injuries, and if her eyes start burning, get her out to  flush them

Answer 3

No, nothing at all, just have her take a good shower with soap. Nothing to worry about. This happened to me before, no one got harmed or anything, no rashes etc they just made everyone take a shower.

Answer 4

No not really.  just take a nice shower. and as long as she has no itching, or rashes. she should be fine. when you are on a swim team like me, you swim in MANY pools with a high chlorine level, and you just get realllyyyy itchy haha.

                           ~ SwimGal4

Answer 5

not unless she has a medical problem

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

Obviously if the level was really high, then yes. But if she had been in the pool and it had been too high someone would have told you. I have a friend who that happened to. She had asthma though and her asthma got worse after it but other than that she is fine.

Answer 8

Obviously, if it were TOO high, there could be a problem.  But that would be unusually and extremely excessive levels, probably NOT what you are dealing with.

You are probably just talking about a heavily chlorinated pool (maybe 5-6 ppm, give or take).  That is not a problem.  Eyes may be irritated tonight.  A may need a shower/bath to remove some of the chlorine smell.  But otherwise, no big deal.  Better too much chlorine than two little (assuming it is around 5-6 ppm).  She'll probably sleep well, because her eyes will be tired (assuming no goggles).  If goggles, no big deal.

Often many public and/or heavily used pools will be heavily chlorinated.  Particularly when it is hot, as the traffic and heat make it hard to maintain the chlorine level--and the traffic is such that the pool cannot risk falling too low--below 1ppm or so.  So not uncommon at all.  And usually no big deal.  I'd be more worried if I were you if the pool had too little chlorine.