Humidifier use undeserved easy to cause harm to human body

China's traditional Chinese medicine to

        Along with the arrival of winter, the air becomes more and more dry. In order to alleviate the indoor dry, in recent years, more and more people choose humidifier in the winter. But experts point out that, in fact, the selection of humidifier quite exquisite, if encounter not appropriate humidifier product the effect will be false, not only can improve the indoor climate, it will cause bacteria in the air further spread, increase the possibility of human infection of respiratory tract disease.

        Shanghai ninth people's hospital respiratory medicine chief physician yongchang said: winter is respiratory tract disease incidence season, along with the outdoor temperature is reduced, more and more people use in the home humidifier. But not any humidifier are beneficial to health. Because humidifier produce white fog is mineral water by with water mist extrusive and produce, these contain mineral white fog has a strong adsorption capacity, can adsorption air dust, bacteria, virus and decoration of residual toxic pollutant, especially in the air quality is poorer, small particles in the air more, be white fog easily after adsorption to gas, bronchial mucosal produce stimulation, causes a variety of respiratory system disease.

        Kenneth wang said, like the elderly, pregnant women, children's respiratory tract mucous membrane are more fragile, if long time open humidifier, produce white fog accelerated some bacteria propagation and breeding, along with the aerosol diffusion into the air, and then enter the human respiratory tract, it is easy to cause bronchitis, asthma, and even pneumonia such respiratory diseases.

        In addition, some people like to go to the humidifier add fungicide, essential oils, etc materials, think that this can strengthen the sterilization prevent flu role, but actually, these additives liquefaction process will be further aggravated white fog formation, and fungicide a strong irritating, will further damage airway mucosa, serious damage our bodies.

        The doctor reminds, the use of humidifier can indeed ease the winter indoor dry question, but is not white fog the more the better, avoid by all means will be "white fog" and "good humidity" draw between the equal sign. (JiZhongXi)