Humidity and human health

Spring and early summer weather in the north of our country has its own characteristics that have high humidity that we often call the weather.

Weather in the sky with high humidity when reaching saturation level is also the cause of many diseases, especially respiratory diseases, affecting public health.

- Before high humidity causes discomfort, fatigue for the body, families living on the ground have the most obvious feeling. The smell of dirty clothes, including clothes that have been washed but cannot be dry, moldy and moist smell from blankets, cushions, walls . also contributes to the unpleasant feeling.

- High humidity leads to stagnant, slippery floors that can cause children and the elderly to fall and cause injury.

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- High humidity also creates good conditions for viruses, bacteria, mold, dust mites . to develop, leading to increased risk of respiratory infections (acute nasopharyngitis, bronchitis) levels, pneumonia), gastrointestinal infections, some skin diseases and increased allergy status.

- High humidity directly stimulates airway mucosa leading to inflammation, increased secretion and bronchospasm leading to symptoms of cough, sneezing, difficulty breathing .

- High humidity also stimulates the occurrence of outbreaks and increases the severity of some chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma.

- In addition, in the hospital when high humidity is easy to cause fire to damage medical equipment.

To limit the negative effects of high air humidity, we often have the following measures:

-The best in the room with a moisture meter, if the humidity is too high, we need to take the following measures to reduce the humidity in the air, the best we maintain the air humidity in the room at 40-60 % by measures such as closing the glass door in combination with using a dehumidifier, using 2-way air-conditioner in dry mode, increasing the temperature in the room and regularly cleaning the floor, walls and glass doors with a dry towel.

-When cooking, bathing . increases the humidity in the air in the room, it needs a ventilation fan.

-Keep skin clean, dry clothes, commonly used items especially cloth.

- Along with the treatment measures for patients with chronic respiratory diseases, we also pay attention to flu vaccination in the autumn of winter for these patients.

-In the hospital environment, we often apply equipment such as dehumidifiers, air conditioners to control humidity in the patient room, operating room, laboratory. The obvious effect of these equipment has significantly reduced the humidity for the operating room and the laboratory. When the humidity in the patient's chamber decreases, the patient feels more comfortable, reduces the possibility of cross-infection in the hospital, increases the effectiveness of treating respiratory diseases, especially in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. .