Can Your Swimming Spot Make You Sick?
What’s in the Water?
Digestive Problems
Swimmer’s Ear
Legionnaire’s Disease
Hot Tub Rash
Toxic Algae
Swimmer’s Itch
Leptospirosis
Naegleria fowleri
Vibriosis
Conjunctivitis
Chemicals
Play It Safe in the Water
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Kids Health by the Nemours Foundation: "Swimmer’s Ear."
Minnesota Department of Health: "Hot Tub Rash."
National Ocean Service: "Harmful Algal Blooms."
National Organization for Rare Disorders: "Weil Syndrome."
Neglected Tropical Diseases, published online Aug. 14, 2014.
BMJ Case Reports, May 27, 2017.
Florida Department of Health.
American Family Physician, January 2010.
Mayo Clinic: "Diseases and Conditions – Hepatitis A."
World Health Organization: "Water Recreation and Disease."
Spokane Regional Health District: "Recreational Water Illnesses."