| | Pool ToePage 1 of 2 (1, 2) | Ok, I never heard about this until recently.
It's been hot lately and kids are spending more time in the pool.
Recently kids have been complaining about "Pool Toe"
A few days ago my son told me that his toes were bleeding. Sure enough...he had what appeared to be two round spots on the bottom of each big toe and they were bleeding. Two days later the spots were gone and there was no sign of a scab or blister or anything.
At least 5 or 6 neighborhood children experienced the same.
Anyone else experience this? | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:49:48 AM | Odd... I've not heard of this previously - I actually googled it to see what it was all about. Apparently it's caused by propelling yourself in a pool that has a rough pool liner.
The pool liners I've been around have all been smooth and rubbery... other than the public swim pool but we would generally stick to the deep end and not touch the bottom.
I think I would be leary of being in a pool where this was an issue - actually, I'm not fond of any pools due to their unsanitary nature. Gimme a lake any day... | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 7:05:39 AM | | omg- I thought this was "camel toe" but in a bathing suit! never knew there was such a thing as pool toe! hope their boo-boos get better ASAP! | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 7:08:32 AM | It's an in-ground pool and the pH and chlorine are check about 2 or 3 times a day.
Only the neighborhood uses it and we take very good care of it sanitation-wise.
It mystifies me. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 7:52:42 AM |
It's an in-ground pool and the pH and chlorine are check about 2 or 3 times a day.
Only the neighborhood uses it and we take very good care of it sanitation-wise.
It mystifies me.
Clearly, because ph levels and sanitation have nothing to do with pool toe.
As previously pointed out, it is caused from the friction between the toe and liner and or concrete bottom of the pool.
Known cures for Pool toe are: Wear shoes and or learn to tread water for extended periods of time. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 8:31:04 AM | Clearly, because ph levels and sanitation have nothing to do with pool toe.
Yay...snark, but I was responding to Lint's "unsanitary" pool comment.
I had also read that it's caused by chlorine allergies hence my chloride mention as well. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 10:19:27 AM | Quite common, comes with spending lots of time in the pool.
They heal so quickly too, I think because of the chlorine. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 11:00:19 AM | happens a lot around pools surrounded by and made of concrete
think about it...skin softened by the water....running around
at least with the chloriene..risk of infection is low | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 11:53:45 AM |
omg- I thought this was "camel toe" but in a bathing suit!
I though I read poo toe. Much different. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 11:57:48 AM |
I think I would be leary of being in a pool where this was an issue - actually, I'm not fond of any pools due to their unsanitary nature. Gimme a lake any day...
you mean a lake which accumulate animal, bird, and often human waste , i.e. fecal matter? (as well as industrial discharge & agricultural run-off - which can include pig manure used as fertilizer on the fields..) , in many cases ?
not sure how that would be so much better or more 'sanitary' ?
also lakes can contain sharp stones or broken glass, etc..
Lake ON near Toronto is stanky | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 2:38:02 PM | yes ... deciding between a nice clean pool or the filthy lake water where you can't even
SEE what's under the surface ... yeah ... I'll take the pool every time!
the surface of my pool is kinda pitted from age ... for a bunch of money, I could have
the pool re-surfaced ... but ... it's way cheaper to buy pool shoes! | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 2:50:12 PM | Some of these posts are a good example of peoples lack of understanding with regards to what they consider hazardous to their health.
Living in a sterile environment vs a dirty one, the people living in the dirty one will on average have healthier immune systems.
Your immune system is like all others in your body, it gets stronger when you use it and weaker when you don't.
Thinking living in a completely clean world is better for you, would be like thinking that remaining completely stationary and not working your muscles would be better for you and going to the gym. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 2:52:46 PM | Yeah cheap water shoes work great. "Pool toe" is uncommon because most of my friends
limit the time their kids spend in the water. We have several extra warm months in NC though.
The kids are therefore not as excited to be in the water. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 3:43:09 PM | I also can report from direct experience, and experimentation, that the cause of "pool toe" is badly built or maintained pools, not water content.
When I spend a day at a pool with a smooth clean tile lining, I have no raw toes. When I spend the same amount of time at a pool lined with sand-paper-like concrete, I spend the next day with band-aids on my feet.
Very straightforward, no space aliens or other wild explanations required. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 3:45:31 PM | @Aris. You should have been a scientist.
I no longer use public pools, chlorine or not. Too many bodies... The last time I was in a pool, there was a dirty band-aid, and spit floating around. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 3:54:34 PM |
I no longer use public pools, chlorine or not. Too many bodies... The last time I was in a pool, there was a dirty band-aid, and spit floating around.
I am lucky to have some friends with salt water pools (little to no chemicals) and ironically they also live on the ocean, so if you prefer, the real thing it is only a few steps away. | |
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Posted: 7/7/2012 11:34:58 AM | | Be careful who you say "pool toe" to. It sounds like puto, a Spanish word which can be taken as an insult. | |
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Posted: 7/7/2012 11:38:06 AM | | Yes, both my kids sport the badges of the pool floor.. they hurt too. ;-( | |
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Posted: 7/7/2012 12:57:52 PM | Aristotle ...
I was thinking more along the lines of alligators ... pirranah ... water snakes! critters under the
murky water with teeth and disagreeable attitudes than I was thinking of germs !!! also, there's
very little chance of stepping on a broken beer bottle in the silt on the bottom of my pool ... cuz
there's no silt OR beer bottles! ... geeze ... I'd hate to go swimming and meet an angry hippo ...
right here in central California, my Dad was forced to deal with a 5' alligator ... apparently,
someone turned their pet loose in a local river where he lived very successfully ... until he met
my Dad, of course ...
my grandchildren were complaining yesterday about their toes after spending time in my pool ...
and, yeah, I know the pool needs to be resurfaced ... or they could wear shoes! | |
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Posted: 7/7/2012 4:12:57 PM | I don't go fresh water swimming in Florida. The gators and snakes are just too much for me. Although I've actually seen a school of small shark just off the beach before. And jelly fish are very common at certain times of the year. So, salt water swimming has it's dangers as well.
But I've fished more than a couple of snakes out of my pool...even though there is a screened deck. They still find a way in. (Doggy door, tears in the screening.) Especially if it doesn't rain for a long time.
The marcite is really messed up in this pool. I guess I haven't gotten "pool toe" because I spend most of my pool time swimming. | |
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Posted: 7/7/2012 5:49:08 PM | I can remember getting pool toe before it had a name. Its simply having your foot soaked in water for a couple of hours and rubbing it on a concrete public pool. Have you ever gotten wrinkly skin from being in a bath tub to long when you where a kid?
Many things, like paint and certain plastics or your skin look impervious to water. The reality is that they will soak up a small fraction of water over hours, days or weeks, depending on the material. This usually softens them- think of a wet swelled up spongy that is hard when it dry.
In concrete pools and ones with rough surfaces, this will act like sandpaper on the softened callouses of your foot and the skin will be exposed. it usually leaves a circular ring around the prominent skin where it makes contact. I always found the areas will callous up fairly quickly in a day or two and your fine again.
As you get older your callouses get tougher and larger so its not so noticeable and takes longer. It sort of like, ya know- like online dating after a while - you'll get calloused and toughen up. lol
(Especially in the forums) | |
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Posted: 7/7/2012 7:40:32 PM | I used to get it every summer when I was younger.
Basically, when the skin on the bottom of your toes and feet get waterlogged and soft, the constant usage of your toes against the bottom of the pool make the skin pull apart and wear really thin. It hurts about like a blister. | |
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Posted: 7/10/2012 2:22:31 PM | | It is from the cement wear the skin down. Get them some pool shoes and they won't have the problem | |
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Posted: 7/10/2012 3:01:29 PM |
it is caused from the friction between the toe and liner and or concrete bottom of the pool.
Known cures for Pool toe are: Wear shoes and or learn to tread water for extended periods of time.
This is exactly why. I've been a swimmer all of my life and I experience this every year at the beginning of swim season if I stay in the pool for a long time- the water softens the skin and the friction does the damage. Water shoes- | |
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Posted: 7/10/2012 3:27:56 PM | The...snakes are just too much for me...And jelly fish are very common at certain times of the year...
But I've fished more than a couple of snakes out of my pool...
Beware of those one-eyed eels & trouser snakes ;0P | |
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