Hotel pool chlorine stings my eyes after every swim — pharmacy drops or just skip the pool?
Resort pool, strong chlorine smell, eyes burn and go red within minutes even when I avoid underwater. Not the blocked-ear story — this is sting and blur after swimming. Do travelers buy lubricating eye drops from a pharmacy, wear goggles, rinse with bottled water, or decide the pool is not worth it for the rest of the stay?
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Ask the pharmacy for lubricating or artificial-tear drops — not antibiotic drops unless a clinician says so. Rinse your face with clean bottled water right after you climb out, and consider inexpensive swim goggles if you keep swimming. Rest a day if eyes are already angry. I will not invent an eye-drop price as gospel. If vision stays blurred, pain worsens, or light hurts badly, stop self-treating and see a clinic or hospital. Mild chlorine sting that eases with rinsing and tears is common; lasting injury symptoms are not a DIY pool problem.
Bottled-water face rinse the second I climbed out. Redness dropped a lot.
Asked for lubricating drops, pharmacist steered me right. No antibiotic push.
Goggles plus lubricating drops and a rinse habit. Skipping if still angry tomorrow.
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