Federal health officials warned pool-goers to be careful in the water this summer as they believe that a hardy parasite found in water is inflicting a digital diarrhea outbreak amongst swimmers.

According to a new report released today by the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), outbreaks related to pools, hot tubs and other recreational uses of water can be dangerous.

It has been found that 90 such outbreaks from 2011 to 2012 resulted in 1,788 illnesses, 95 hospitalizations and one death.

As per CDC, a major cause of the outbreaks in treated water is a hardy parasite called Cryptosporidium, which is encased in a tough shell and causes acute gastrointestinal issues such as diarrhea.

Michele Hlavsa, chief of the CDC's Healthy Swimming Program, said in a statement that the parasite is particularity troubling due to how long it can live in treated water.

"It can survive for 10 days. With these outbreaks, we see they disproportionately affect young children. They're the ones who can go to a pool and young children tend to carry lots of germs", Hlavasa told ABC News.

Hlavasa said the parasite can be cleared from the body in about two to three weeks. But if a person with a weakened immune has been infected by it his or her condition in such case can be chronic or even fatal.

A person infected with the parasite has gastrointestinal issues such as diarrhea, and due to which a person looses so much and body isn't able to absorb nutrients, and a person eventually become weak.

Experts recommended that in order to stay safe, pool goers should see if their pool's most recent inspection was posted through their local health department or even look into buying their own chlorine tests that can be used to test if the water is properly treated.