Regularly remove these pathogens to reduce their numbers and keep diseases away from the body. (Shutterstock)
Does it make you feel that your soul has been purified every time you clean it? Many people think that just cleaning up in the morning will help them start their day comfortably, right?
Stop using cleaning to exercise your willpower!
This kind of spiritual multiplication effect is a good thing for improving cleaning motivation.
However, if you feel satisfied just by cleaning, but neglect important hygiene concepts such as removing pathogens, this can become a big problem.
I say this because I once heard someone say, “To practice endurance and willpower, you should just clean the toilet with your hands!”
From a hygiene perspective, if there are wounds on your hands when cleaning the toilet directly, there is a high risk of infection. Even if there are no wounds on the hands, it cannot be concluded that bacteria or viruses will not adhere to places such as finger joints that are difficult to clean with normal hand washing. Once these bacteria and viruses attach to the human body, they may spread the infection in the home.
Japanese people always like to use cleaning as a mental exercise, but if they want to truly maintain physical health, they must first break away from this mental theory and develop the habit of thinking from a scientific perspective.
The dangers of “pathogenic dust” that no one tells you
The “cleaning method without getting sick” that I will introduce next will divide dust into two types.
The first is fresh dust with fewer pathogens. The dust that has just fallen into the room from the air contains fewer pathogens and is basically harmless to the human body.
What needs attention is the second type – “pathogen dust”, because the air flow generated by the movement of people or objects will cause dust to float to the corners of the room and accumulate. After a period of time, a large number of pathogens have grown inside.
Pathogenic dust exists in nature and contains a certain number of bacteria, molds, and dust mites. They use the dust in the corners of the room as food and shelter, and multiply explosively. Because of the accumulation of pathogens, ordinary dust will turn into pathogenic dust with extremely high concentration of pathogens.
People with poor immunity can cause respiratory diseases such as cough and pneumonia after inhaling these pathogenic dusts. If you feel unwell, pathogenic dust may be the culprit.
Types of dust
harmless dust
Harmless dust. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
•Just fell from the sky
•The main ingredients are fiber and cotton batting
•Low pathogen concentration
•Less likely to be the cause of disease
Pathogenic dust
Pathogenic dust. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
•Accumulated in the corner of the room for a long time
•Bacteria, mold, and dust mites breed
•High pathogen concentration
•Causes of respiratory diseases (pneumonia, asthma, etc.)
Pathogens hiding in your home
There are all kinds of pathogens lurking in your home. The following introduces representative pathogens that cause discomfort in the respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract.
Causes of “asthma”, “pneumonia”, “foreign body sensation and pain in throat”
respiratory pathogens
It mainly causes discomfort in the throat and respiratory tract. After pathogens invade from the mouth and nose, they will pass through the throat and then enter the body. Therefore, the throat is a high-risk site that shows signs of illness the fastest.
Mold
Mold. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
It is easy to appear in environments with temperatures above 20°C and humidity above 80%, and is the cause of pneumonia and asthma.
dust mite
dust mite. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
It is easy to breed in an environment with a temperature above 20°C and a humidity exceeding 60%. Its feces and corpses are the cause of allergies.
pollen
pollen. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
Allergic diseases caused by pollen are called hay fever. The main symptoms are runny nose, nasal congestion, and sneezing.
PM2.5
PM2.5. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
Suspended particles floating in the air with a particle size less than 2.5 microns. It can cause symptoms such as asthma, bronchitis, lung cancer, and arrhythmia.
flu virus
flu virus. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
It is prevalent during autumn and winter every year, and the peak period of infection is from December to February. In addition to droplet infection, a small number of people are also at risk of contact infection.
Causes of “vomiting”, “abdominal pain” and “diarrhea”
gastrointestinal pathogens
Mainly causes gastrointestinal-related discomfort. Some bacteria are not harmful when our body’s immunity is high, but can cause infection once our immunity deteriorates. These normal flora are called “opportunistic infection bacteria.”
Three brothers opportunistically infected by bacteria
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
The incubation period is about 30 minutes to 6 hours. The toxins released can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and other symptoms.
E. coli
E. coli. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
Pathogenic “diarrhoeal E. coli” can cause symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, and vomiting.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
It is commonly found in drinking water areas, and the elderly and postoperative patients are susceptible to infection. It is a drug-resistant bacterium that is difficult to treat with drugs.
norovirus
Norovirus. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
Can cause vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms. The epidemic period is from autumn to early spring, and the peak infection period is from December to February. The route of infection is fecal-oral contact.
cockroach
cockroach. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
Cockroaches carry many highly toxic bacteria. Its feces and carcasses are also causes of allergies.
Use simple, careful, disease-free cleaning methods that don’t accumulate dust
Improper cleaning methods will not only bring pathogenic dust that harms the respiratory tract and make us sick; if bacteria and viruses living near water are not removed and allowed to proliferate, they will become the main cause of gastrointestinal diseases.
The “sickness-free cleaning method” I am about to introduce is a cleaning method to prevent illness. The goal is to regularly remove these pathogens, reduce their number, and keep diseases away from the human body.
How to clean without getting sick. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
Having said that, if we pursue perfection too much and eliminate all non-pathogenic bacteria, it will cause the body’s immunity to decrease, so the point is not to unconditionally reduce all bacteria.
Repeated simple, careful cleaning can effectively reduce the amount of unhealthy dirt in your home before it begins to accumulate.
(This article is excerpted from “You won’t get sick if you clean like this![Full Illustration]: Medical-grade cleaning experts take you 12 minutes a day to easily remove “pathogenic dust” and stay away from respiratory and gastrointestinal infections”, provided by Guangsha, Taiwan)
Editor in charge: Zeng Zhen
Book cover. (Provided by Taiwan Guangsha)
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