Many people dream of standing under cool streams and experiencing the long-awaited relief.
After all, warm water cools the best! The whole secret is in its effect on the capillaries and pores. The warm carrier expands them, and the body gives out heat without fear. In addition, such a liquid slowly evaporates from the surface of the body. In the case of cold water, the opposite is true: first, the long-awaited freshness rolls, then the organism mobilizes, narrowing the blood vessels, and tries to keep warm. As a result, the heat in time can become even hotter than before a bath or a shower - cold water evaporates quickly, and feelings of coolness did not happen.
Air conditioners and fans
Today, the weather in the house is created by them: hot or cold, quiet or "windy". The main advantage of this technique is the feeling of coolness that it gives us. And still - silence in work and universality: the devices do not distract and save from the heat of the house, in the office, shop, in the barber's chair. But in every barrel of honey there must be a fly in the ointment.
Cons of air conditioners
Create a dry microclimate. In the process of air cooling, the amount of moisture in it inexorably decreases, drops from the outdoor units of air conditioners under the window are proof of this. However, as well as the fact that the first such unit was created not for the gift of coveted coolness, but for fighting humidity.
Cold dry air during heat - a provoker of skin ailments (for example, dry eczema) and breathing problems. Even in healthy people who are constantly in a room with a working conditioner, there is a feeling of dryness in the nose and a sore throat. The situation may end with sore throat - in the summer because of the cooling "breeze" technique and the over-dried mucous airways, it occurs not less often than in winter.
Increase the concentration of carbon dioxide. Today the most common air conditioners are the so-called split-systems, consisting of two units. One of them hangs in the room, the other on the street. And how are those who believe that such a master of climate takes the air from the street, purifies and cools it and delivers it to the house! In fact, in the heat, it works on the principle of a refrigerator: it reduces the temperature of the air in the room, driving it hundreds of times through itself. The amount of oxygen gradually decreases, and carbon dioxide - increases, because a person keeps breathing, sweats, generates heat. Especially this negative feature of air conditioners is familiar to office workers: tens of workers often sit in the limited space, to the breath of which evaporation from office equipment is added. Lack of oxygen adversely affects mental activity and slows down metabolic processes.
Spread the dust and fungus spores. This is possible if the equipment does not change the filters. They are designed for air purification and have their level of absorption, that is, the number of particles that they can hold is limited. "Limit" can suffice and up to six months of using the device. If the filter does not change after the expiration date, the dust that was previously detained can be thrown out together with the airflow into the room. Plus inside the unit itself - it's dark, damp and warm, and these are ideal conditions for the development of fungi. Their disputes will also fall into the dwelling, it is only necessary to turn on the air conditioner. To allergicists such coolness is promised by tearing, attacks of suffocation, conjunctivitis and chronic rhinitis. The main drawback of the fans is draft. They, unlike air conditioners, do not cool the air, but simply direct its flow to the heat-wracking body. Blowing instantly intensifies the evaporation and for a while there is a feeling of coolness. Does the room have several such assistants? The risk of earning a cold is even higher than when using an air conditioner.
Practice
Take a shower and a bath is without soap, gels and foams. These funds wash off the water-lipid mantle from the skin: if you use them several times a day, the natural defender against microbes and dryness does not have time to recover.
After the procedures with tap water it would be nice to pour water from the pump room or a spring (if possible). She will wash off the chlorine-free skin. Moisturizing lotions for the body is best used at night. They, performing a noble mission, clog pores, trying to keep moisture in the skin. In the heat it makes breathing of the skin difficult.
Dive into the bathroom is after 10 minutes of its "idle time" - the water should evaporate chlorine. To remove all vapors in the bathroom, there must be an exhaust fan.
It is better not to take water procedures for more than 15-20 minutes - a paradox - the body begins to actively lose water. Before using the air conditioner, you need to ventilate the room - this air will have to breathe until it warms up again. It is better not to be in the room while it "cools" - it is necessary to set the time of the device and enter the room 10-15 minutes after it turns off. So you will protect yourself from inhaling dust and spores, which during this time will sink down.
The air flow from the air conditioner should be directed upwards. To humidify the air, it is worthwhile to put a container of water in the room. The fan is well placed on the windowsill - so it will supply fresh air into the house.
An exception
In 20 minutes after switching on the unit, 99.99% of the H1N1 (so-called swine flu) viruses will be destroyed. This is how new air conditioners work. According to the results of a joint experiment between Samsung and the Institute of Influenza and Veterinary Research at the University of Chungnam in Korea, they significantly reduce the risk of contracting influenza, SARS, do not irritate the skin and mucous membranes, significantly improve the health of people with asthma. The new Samsung air conditioner has three ways to improve the microclimate of the room. Thanks to the technology Virus Doctor (ion generator), he destroys microbes in the house that force us to get sick. The internal elements and air purifiers of this unit are covered with silver ions, so they prevent the reproduction of bacteria and eliminate odors, creating a feeling of exceptional freshness. Comfort sleep mode - Good Sleep - provides the owner with sweet dreams: at the moment of falling asleep, quick cooling of the air turns on, which helps to fall asleep more quickly, then the device maintains the most comfortable temperature for rest, in the morning slightly raising it for a pleasant awakening.
Swimming pools and water parks
That's where there is a chic possibility to give the gate a turn of fatigue from the heat and get vivid impressions: whether it's a swim in the speed or steep turns of water slides. But here, too, there were some pitfalls.
And in the pool, and in the water park, there is a high risk of catching the foot fungus. Nature came up with an excellent protective mechanism: a thickened layer of skin on the feet, which does not allow the infection to "break through" inside. But under the influence of warm water, the skin becomes softer and softer that the fungus is only on hand. Steps, sex, pantones and other places where the bare foot of a man steps, is his favorite place of residence. As a rule, for the purification of water in swimming pools and ordinary water parks, means with chlorine are used. The chemical is ruthless to microbes in the same way as to the skin, hair and nails. Because of it, the first becomes dry and flaky, and strands and nails - brittle and lifeless. Belgian scientists equate bathing in the chlorinated water of swimming pools to passive smoking: inhaled fumes provoke allergy and asthma.
A little in a win position - water parks with sea water: in it the life of insidious microorganisms is complicated by the presence of salts. Therefore, it is not cleaned. But this does not mean that such water is sterile, in it, for example, the causative agent of dysentery can safely live. By the way, the sea water dries the skin and hair, the sea water is not less chlorinated: after drying, the salts contained in it "pull" and precious moisture. But on the nails, this kind of water is beneficial.
Practice
Before, during and after visiting the pool and aqua park, use special sprays, creams or gels to prevent fungal infection. Do not swallow chlorinated and salt water. Take a towel, a hair cap and change shoes to the water complex. Do not swim or roll with a roller coaster for a cold: cooling, albeit temporary, reduces immune activity. So the ailment has every chance to be prolonged. Stay in water for no more than 15-20 minutes for one "swim". Those who complain of dermatitis and eczema: bathing can exacerbate the problem, especially in seawater.