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Effects of indoor swimming pools on the nasal cytology of pool workers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

E Erkul ,
A Yaz ,
C Cİngİ ,
H M İnançlI ,
T San  and
C Bal
E Erkul*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
A Yaz
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Şehitkamil State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
C Cİngİ
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
H M İnançlI
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus, Turkey
T San
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
C Bal
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, Medical Faculty, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
*
Address for correspondence: Dr E Erkul, GATA Haydarpasa Egitim Hastanesi, KBB klinigi 34668, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey Fax: + 90 216 348 78 80 E-mail: evrenerkul@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Objective:

We aimed to evaluate the relationship between swimming pool pollutants and allergic rhinitis in swimming pool workers.

Materials and methods:

Twenty-seven indoor pool workers (group 1) and 49 control subjects (group 2) were enrolled in the study. A skin prick test was performed and a nasal smear was obtained from each subject to evaluate rhinitis.

Results:

When the groups were compared in terms of epithelial cells, group 1 had significantly more epithelial cells than group 2. When the groups were compared with regard to eosinophils, group 1 had significantly more eosinophils than group 2. The skin prick test results for both groups were not significantly different.

Conclusion:

Indoor pool workers showed severe symptoms of rhinitis and eosinophilic nasal cytology, likely due to chlorine. Nasal cytology is an easy-to-administer diagnostic test and can be used to follow up rhinitis in indoor pool workers, along with nasal endoscopy, a detailed clinical history and a skin prick test.

Keywords

RhinitisCytologyEpithelial CellsEosinophilsSwimming PoolsEnvironmental ImpactChlorine; HypochloritePathophysiology

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 128 , Issue 5 , May 2014 , pp. 442 - 446
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2014 

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