In a family, the bathroom is one of the most filthy places. It is dark and humid here for a long time, which is conducive to the growth and reproduction of various bacteria. Moreover, some hidden bacteria are really hard to guard against.
If you find mold on the shower curtain, doors and windows, and the floor, it will be cleaned immediately. But the bacteria in the nozzle can’t be seen or touched. Have you thought about how many there are?
In film and television dramas, there are often bathing scenes of beautiful female protagonists standing on the shower to wash. But wait! Is this action healthy?
How many bacteria are in the shower?
“Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” once published a study that found that the shower heads we use every day, especially those made of plastic materials, are not only easy to hide bacteria, but also an excellent breeding ground for harmful bacteria.
The study, done by the University of Colorado in the United States, examined 45 shower heads (showers) in 5 states and found that almost every shower contained tens of thousands of bacteria.
The warm and humid shower head is indeed easy to breed bacteria, and even become a breeding ground for bacteria. Of course, not all bacteria are harmful. There are some bacteria that are not in the way of staying in the shower, and some are harmful to health.
For example, two pathogenic bacteria were detected in these showers – nontuberculous mycobacteria and legionella pneumophila. They are harmful bacteria, and if they enter the human respiratory tract while bathing, they can cause serious lung infections and pneumonia.
People with strong immune function may be able to escape the disaster. However, the elderly, children, pregnant women, and people with respiratory diseases with low resistance are very easy to be recruited and suffer from general fatigue, persistent dry cough, and shortness of breath.
However, the researchers also reassure everyone that the above may be the worst case, and certainly not everyone will experience it.
Most bacteria on shower heads are harmless bacteria. Our body deals with all kinds of bacteria every day, and the immune system is highly trained. The body of ordinary people who are not sick and painless can cope with it, so there is no need to worry too much.
How to deal with the bacteria problem of the shower?
In order to prevent the bacteria in the shower from causing great harm to our body, the editor believes that we can take some simple measures to deal with it. Here are 5 caveats:
