Sitting in the air for a certain amount of care must be careful of this disease

Sitting in air conditioning, this dangerous disease can cause you to die if you don't really pay attention.

During hot days, air conditioning is an indispensable item for many families. Talking happily, during the hot summer period, "air conditioning is the only thing that exists, other things are not or not important."

However, when using air conditioner, air conditioner, misting fan . you must pay attention to this. That is to clean the air conditioner periodically. Why?

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Air conditioning, misting fan . air conditioning, misting fan.

The risk of lung infection increases due to unhygienic air conditioning

According to researcher Hassan Bencheqroun - lung specialist of Pacific Pacific surgical group shared, air conditioning, misting fan (especially in public environment such as hospitals, hotels .) contains many types. bacteria and 1 of the most dangerous types are Legionella pneumophila.

The bacteria that enter the body will cause lung infections (pneumonia) - Legionnaires.

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Legionella pneumophila when entering the body will cause lung infections.

Through research, this bacterium thrives at a temperature of 30 - 37 degrees Celsius, stalling at about 40-45 degrees Celsius and is only knocked down at temperatures above 70 degrees C.

Potentially these pathogens are areas of humidity such as hotel showers, swimming pools, spa baths, air conditioning systems, nebulizers to increase humidity, even decorative fountains.

In hot weather conditions, the need for air conditioning is high, along with unhygienic air purifiers that will be the paradise of this bacterium. Air conditioner blowing cool air also brings bacteria spread throughout the room.

Just have Legionella pneumophila penetrate the body, especially people with weak resistance.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are 8,000 to 18,000 hospitalized people a year in the United States because of Legionnaires disease.

This is an infectious disease , but does not spread from person to person. However, symptoms such as fever, loss of appetite, headache, mild cough . are easy to make many people subjective, just think is common disease.

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Legionella pneumophila penetrates into the lungs through the respiratory tract.

But if the disease is not detected, early treatment for 10 days can progress to pneumonia, respiratory failure, liver and kidney failure.

In some cases, severe pneumonia can leave a serious, life-threatening sequelae of the brain.

So you should protect yourself by:

  1. Cleaning, maintenance of air conditioning equipment, nebulizer in the family .
  2. Do not leave stagnant pools, clean the shower, bath . clean to prevent pathogens from proliferating.
  3. When there are signs of serious illness, it is necessary to see a doctor for proper and effective treatment.