Can children with rhinitis swim?

Swimming is a common sport in life. Many people like swimming. Swimming has many benefits to the body. Therefore, many parents enroll their babies in swimming classes. Swimming can not only enhance the body's resistance, but also prevent many diseases. However, babies must go to professional places for swimming. Professional and formal places do a good job of disinfection. So can children with rhinitis swim?

Can children with rhinitis swim?

Swimming, like other sports, helps to enhance physical fitness and improve body immunity. It is beneficial for preventing rhinitis and recovering from chronic rhinitis. But the prerequisite is to swim in a clean water environment and suitable water temperature. If the swimming pool has excessive disinfectant, poor water quality, or even pathogen contamination, it will aggravate rhinitis.

At the same time, not all types of rhinitis can be relieved by swimming. If you are suffering from acute rhinitis, an acute attack of chronic rhinitis, rhinitis combined with sinusitis which is common in many children, or allergic rhinitis that is sensitive to cold air, it is best not to swim. If you are experiencing acute rhinitis, most of the time you are infected with viruses, bacteria, etc., and your body functions are also in a weak state. Swimming at this time is prone to complications such as pneumonia, myocarditis, etc.

Rhinitis is mainly divided into acute rhinitis, chronic rhinitis and allergic rhinitis (variant rhinitis). The acute attacks of acute rhinitis and chronic rhinitis are mostly caused by viral infections. In the acute phase, symptoms similar to colds such as runny nose, headache, and nasal congestion appear. If you swim or do other strenuous exercise during this period, complications are likely to occur.

At the same time, many children's rhinitis is often accompanied by sinusitis, and it is difficult to determine what type of rhinitis it is. It is recommended that as long as symptoms exist, such as nasal congestion, runny nose, etc., it is best to avoid swimming. It is worth noting that sinusitis is mainly a bacterial infection and is somewhat contagious, so swimming in public places is not recommended. This is not only a protection for your own health, but also a respect for the health of others.

There are many causes of chronic rhinitis, such as dust, air pollution, changes in nasal structure, etc. There is no problem of bacterial or viral infection, and antibiotics and antiviral drugs are not needed during treatment. Therefore, as long as patients with chronic rhinitis are not in the acute attack period, engaging in physical exercises such as swimming, running, yoga, and fitness can improve their body resistance, which is helpful for the treatment of chronic rhinitis.

It should be noted that patients with chronic rhinitis should pay more attention to keeping warm before and after swimming to avoid symptoms caused by colds. Generally speaking, the water temperature is more suitable between 25℃ and 30℃. When swimming in cold weather, you should also pay attention to warming up and get your body moving in advance.

The onset of allergic rhinitis is mainly due to allergens. If the patient is only allergic to cold air, he or she can still swim as long as the water temperature is suitable. Physical exercise such as swimming has little to do with the onset of allergic rhinitis, and has nothing to do with whether the body is strong. Of course, if there are allergens in the environment in which you exercise, such as exercising or running outdoors when the air quality is poor; swimming in a swimming pool or outdoor water body with poor water quality, it is possible to induce allergic rhinitis.