Recreational Areas and Bathing Facilities

Recreational Areas and Bathing Facilities

It is a part of the human lifestyle to relax after a day or two of hard work . Because of this , recreational places became a necessity to everyone looking for a good time to relax . One of these recreational areas includes swimming pools , bathing facilities and beaches . But recreation and relaxation in these places come with certain risks . These are areas of great health concern , especially with the growing number of human population . Places like swimming pools , public baths , and beaches are susceptible to contamination and infection

of disease causing organisms

These disease causing organisms or pathogens ' comes in contact with human beings through the waters in these recreational areas ADDIN EN .CITE Minnesota Department of Health2Minnesota Department of Health ,Recommended Guide for Removal of Fecal Matter from a Swimming Pool for Consideration by Pool Owners and Operators2007October 282006http /www .health .state .mn .us /divs /eh /pools /poolfecalguide .html (Minnesota Department of Health , 2006 . These contaminated waters carry bacteria , viruses and parasites that threaten human health with various complications . This includes ear , nose , and eye infections , as well as skin rashes and several respiratory illnesses . They can also cause hepatitis encephalitis , and diarrhea on those who comes in direct contact with the contaminated waters . These illnesses are the ones which are commonly reported , but there are also those which are not given much public attention and are not reported

The cases which are not reported happen normally to small children pregnant women , and people with existing health problems like cancer or HIV . These groups of people have weakened immune system and are susceptible to other illnesses . Children under nine years of age are prone to various water-borne diseases which greatly affecting their health ADDIN EN .CITE Mississippi Department of Marine Resources2Mississippi Department of Marine Resources ,Pollution on the Mississippi Gulf Coast2007October 282007http /www .dmr .state .ms .us /Coastal-Ecology /Preserves /Pollution /pollution .htm (Mississippi Department of Marine Resources , 2007 . This age group is said to have the largest known occurrence of water-borne parasites , as compared to other age groups of young children

Majority of the people who contracted these illnesses were swimmers from the polluted waters . Their cases were not reported , but a study conducted by on the Great Lakes from 2002-2003 showed that more than ten percent of swimmers are found to contract illnesses like gastroenteritis and some respiratory infections after they went swimming ADDIN EN .CITE Celizic2Mike CelizicBest (and worst beaches in the U .S : Report shows alarming increase in pollutants in the waters where we swim2007October 282007http /www .msnbc .msn .com /id (Celizic , 2007 . Another study showed that during the summer of 2003 in San Diego , there is an elevated occurrence of skin rashes and diarrhea to swimmers than to the non-swimmers . The study further showed that the risk of contracting this disease is greater to children between 5 to 12 years old . Their degree of sickness was proportional to the degree of water contact ADDIN EN .CITE Celizic2Mike CelizicBest (and worst beaches...