Help my swim is in jeopardy!

Sorry to hear about this. I have some experience with chlorine allergy.  I get hives (look like mosquito bites) usually where my bathing suit is touching.  When I was younger, it always happened on the first few times into the pool in the summer but now that I swim all year round it only happens when the chlorine levels are really high.  Some people get rashes when the pool PH or chlorine levels are not right.

I am not a doctor nor a medical professional.

I did search on the internet and found some info on other rashes http://www.healthy-skincare.com/swimming-pool-rash.html  For this, I have found suggestions to take oral antihistamines - benadryl (about an hour before swimming), claritin, etc to block the allergy reaction.

Something else I found is pseudomonas which I have not heard about before today. http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/pseudomonas_infections.jsp -Skin and soft tissue. Even healthy persons can develop a pseudomonas skin rash following exposure to the bacterium in contaminated hot tubs, water parks, whirlpools, or spas. (I read somewhere that it can be contracted in public pools also) This skin disorder is called pseudomonas or "hot tub" folliculitis, and is often confused with chickenpox.

You might want to talk to a doctor to find out exactly what it is.  Good luck.

Thank you so much for your help. I will check into the possibility of an allergy to chlorine and hopefully I will discover some measures that will prevent an onset of hives, rash etc.

Again...thank you!