\nIf it is +30 outside, then you do not need to set the air conditioner temperature to +15, so you can overcool your lungs and get seriously ill!<\/p>\n
The most optimal temperature is + 20-24 degrees.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Why do people get sick from the air conditioner<\/h2>\n
You can get sick from an air conditioner for many reasons:<\/p>\n
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- Sudden changes in temperature (enter a very cold room from the heat);<\/li>\n
- Long stay at a low temperature (stay for a long time in a room in which the air conditioner operates lower than +20<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Rapid intensive cooling of the body (stay directly under the stream of the conditioner).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Also, you are more likely to get sick due to:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Contact with a sick person;<\/li>\n
- Overdried air (it is easier for viruses to get through the mucous membranes, and the air conditioner dries the room);<\/li>\n
- Weakened immunity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The reason for the weakening of the immune system is the sudden changes in temperature. For example, if you are constantly entering and leaving an air-conditioned room or car.<\/p>\n
Also, immunity will be weakened if the air conditioner is operated too intensely<\/strong>. Or you are at a low temperature for a long time. For example, leave the air conditioner turned on overnight, or when it is not so hot outside.<\/p>\n
How can a cold from an air conditioner be dangerous?<\/h2>\n
With hypothermia from an air conditioner, a person may not feel the symptoms of a cold for two to three days.<\/p>\n
First of all, a cold from hypothermia under a split system or air conditioner is unpleasant in that the symptoms of the disease may not be felt at all at first. The disease itself may appear only after two or three days. It is possible that during this period the patient will aggravate the existing disease by continuing to sit under the air conditioner.<\/p>\n
The primary symptoms of hypothermia are burning and slight itching in the nose and throat<\/strong>. Then there is a prolonged sneezing and nasal discharge. Gradually, breathing becomes difficult, general weakness occurs, and sometimes the temperature rises. All this suggests that you have developed rhinitis.<\/p>\n
Pharyngitis is another disease that can manifest itself in connection with temperature changes. With this disease, the pharyngeal mucosa begins to become inflamed. The patient complains of a persistent dry cough, sore throat, sometimes fever.<\/p>\n
But the most common problem for a person who has a cold is a combination of the two previous diseases – rhinopharyngitis. It combines all the symptoms of rhinitis and pharyngitis at the same time and requires more prolonged treatment.<\/p>\n
In addition to the listed diseases, a patient with hypothermia may have sore throat, runny nose, laryngitis (unlike pharyngitis, with this disease, a dry cough quickly turns into a wet one, hoarseness appears or the voice disappears altogether).<\/p>\n
Can air conditioning cause pneumonia?<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0A cold under the air conditioner can lead to severe pneumonia<\/p>\n
Colds after hypothermia under the split system are not new. Much more serious is the fact that a cold under air conditioning can lead to the development of a severe form of pneumonia. This becomes especially dangerous if a closed air cooling system is used in the room. When the filters in the device are changed irregularly, it leads to the accumulation of condensation and the appearance of pathogenic bacteria in it. A weakened human body cannot cope with bacteria if they have already entered the lungs, so inflammation begins, smoothly turning into pneumonia.<\/p>\n
The first symptoms indicating developed pneumonia are headache, general weakness, and joint aches. Then the patient has a high temperature (up to 40 degrees), a strong chill appears. In this case, you need to urgently consult a doctor and undergo antibiotic treatment.<\/p>\n
Air Conditioning War or Air Conditioning War?<\/h2>\n
An air conditioner is not only a brilliant invention of civilization, but also a permanent object of office wars. This device greatly facilitates the workflow, giving coolness in heat and warmth on frosty days.<\/p>\n
But what is “light sea breeze” for one person, for others it feels like an icy February wind.<\/strong> An organism with a weakened immune system needs one such breath to get sick. SARS, tonsillitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis – the risk of all these diseases increases significantly with excessively cooled indoor air.<\/p>\n
The potential harm from an air conditioner in the office is that the body protects itself from hypothermia by vasoconstriction, including in the mucous areas – the nose, throat, eyes, and they dry out. This gives harmful microorganisms almost direct access to your body.<\/p>\n
\nSmart technology constantly “scrolls” the same air, so if there is at least one sick person in the room (or a client has a cold), there is a high probability that everyone in the room will become infected.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Overcooling, a person becomes irritated and even more susceptible to diseases. What can we say about the stress that the body experiences when it gets from a hot street into the kingdom of the Snow Queen!<\/p>\n
Getting sick in summer is even more unpleasant than in winter. To avoid this, follow the tips:<\/p>\n
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- Experts believe that the optimum temperature for an air conditioner in an office is 23-25 \u200b\u200bdegrees, and these are official sanitary standards. Achieve it gradually, starting with a decrease of two or three degrees compared to the street, until you achieve a comfortable atmosphere. It is desirable that the temperature difference should not be more than seven degrees.<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Turn on the air conditioner in advance, and not at the moment when the unbearable heat comes and is replaced by a low temperature.<\/li>\n
- If the air conditioner blows hard in the office, direct the air flow parallel to the ceiling so that the direct air jet does not hit the body (it's like sitting in a draft right next to an open window). Take special care of your ears, lower back, joints and neck. Plus – cold air will go down and cool the room faster. Alternatively, you can use a special screen for the air conditioner that diffuses the air.<\/li>\n
- Drink more water so that the protective mucous membranes (and the skin too) do not dry out. The humidity in the office should be at the level of 60-70%, ideally a humidifier should be used.<\/li>\n
- If the air conditioner works for a long time in a “sealed” office, be sure to turn off the device every two to three hours and ventilate the office for 15 minutes. It is advisable to open both the window and the doors to make ventilation more efficient. During this time, the room will not have time to heat up, and viruses and other harmful particles will evaporate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
1 Stick to temperature<\/h3>\n
In the warm season, the optimum room temperature is 20-25 degrees. In an ideal situation, it should be 5 degrees lower than the one outside the window. Even if you want to cool down quickly, you should not go below this corridor, at least for the first hours of the air conditioner operation. Anything beyond the threshold will already harm your health.<\/p>\n
2 Control the humidity<\/h3>\n
Air conditioners dry the air greatly, the humidity in the room decreases much below the optimal indicator of 60-70%, and as a result, dryness causes unpleasant sensations in the mucous membranes (eyes, nose and throat). Evgeny Komarovsky advises to control the level of air humidity and, if necessary, use a humidifier.<\/p>\n
3 Ventilate the room<\/h3>\n
The air conditioner is air conditioned, and in an unventilated area you can get sick from other things – say, a virus or infection. Or you may be allergic to fine dust in a closed room. Ventilate the area at least once every 2 hours.<\/p>\n
4 But don't create a draft<\/h3>\n
Draft is basically a bad idea, and opening windows and doors while the air conditioner is running is definitely not worth it. In the heat, your immunity is already weakened, which increases the risk of developing infectious diseases, and the draft insidiously affects only a certain part of the body, and your immune system may “forget” to turn on defense mechanisms there. As a result, this leads to hypothermia and inflammation. In addition, the directed flow of cold air can lead to other unpleasant consequences, such as muscle spasm.<\/p>\n
5 Do not sit under the flow of air<\/h3>\n
The air flow must not be directed directly towards people. It is very easy to catch a cold under constant direct air flow, especially in the heat, when the temperature differences outside and inside are very large. Also, there is no need to put furniture, partitions in the path of the air, close the air conditioner with curtains – this disrupts its operation, often does not make it possible to evenly cool the room, which means that the fan will rotate in an enhanced mode, which will increase the risk of breakdown.<\/p>\n
2 Avoid sudden temperature changes<\/h3>\n
Temperature drop is perhaps the most common cause of colds. For some reason, we like to set the air conditioner at 17-18 \u00ba\u0421, when the heat outside the window is at 35 \u00ba\u0421. As a result, having suddenly got into a cool room, the body is supercooled, and the person then suffers from a runny nose.<\/p>\n
The difference between the room and the street should not be more than 7 \u00ba\u0421. For example, if the window is 32 \u00ba\u0421, set the air conditioner to 25 \u00ba\u0421 – this is quite a comfortable temperature, which will feel much more pleasant than cold 18 \u00ba\u0421.<\/p>\n
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