Teen Develops Lung Condition After Being In Indoor Hot Tub - Moms

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It all started with a cough, but it wasn't COVID-19. A pathogen in the steam coming from the family's pool left them with a lung condition and sent their teenage son to the emergency room.

Dad was coughing. mom was coughing, even grandma and little brother caught it. No one thought much about it. Their wheezing voices, labored breathe, and the tickles in their throats were bothersome, but not enough to take action. Maybe it was just a long lasting cold –one that had lasted for three months. Then, the family found themselves rushing their 17-year-old son to the emergency room because he couldn't breath.

The case was so strange that it caught the attention of the teen's doctors who published a description of the case in Respirology Case Reports, a medical journal. Live Science reported on the story and published a description of the investigation. At first the physicians couldn't figure out from where this lung infection had originated.

Ten days earlier, the teen had had a surgery on his ankle. Upon returning home, he spent most of his time in the family media room, which was located next to their indoor pool. He began developing shortness of breath.

In what must have been a scene similar to something from Doctor House, the teen's doctors discovered that the family had changed the product that they used to clean their pool. They chose a non-chlorine alternative. This set the stage so that microbes could reproduce more easily and the pathogens entered the air of the family home through water vapor. These microbes are in the same family as the bacteria that causes leprosy. Everyone in the family had breathed them in and developed a condition commonly called "hot tub lung," although in this case a pool was the culprit.

Commercial cleaning and disinfection of the pool made the family's home livable again. Unfortunately, checkups showed that all the members of the family had lasting lung damage. They were no longer able to process carbon monoxide as efficiently as before contracting the disease. The doctors said that if the family maintained their health otherwise, this wouldn't have a significant impact.

The story of this family highlights the importance of proper pool maintenance. This family thought that they were doing everything right and wanted to use a more environmentally friendly product. Their intentions were good, but they risked their health. Our take away from the story is that chlorine is king.

Sources: Respirology Case Reports, Live Science, 7News Wide Bay

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Dora is a mom to two little boys ages 11 months and 5 years. When she's not writing, she is out exploring nature with them or taking care of her tiny cherry orchard.