{"id":597238,"date":"2022-10-24T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allforwomen.com.de\/?p=597238"},"modified":"2022-08-07T18:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T15:30:35","slug":"how-air-conditioning-affects-human-health-what-is-the-harm-of-household-split-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allforwomen.com.de\/en\/how-air-conditioning-affects-human-health-what-is-the-harm-of-household-split-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"How air conditioning affects human health: what is the harm of household split systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cooling the air during the hot season or heating it during the cold season, this "miracle of technology" should serve to make a person feel better. But how does air conditioning actually affect human health, and should we strive to turn on the split system at home or in the car at full capacity with a significant increase in temperature outside the window?<\/p>\n

This material explains in detail what is more in such an achievement of progress as air conditioning for health: harm or benefit.<\/p>\n

Is air conditioning harmful to the health of children and adults?<\/h2>\n

Tolerance to high temperatures is always an individual feature. All factors are important here: in what climate a person was born and lived most of his life, how his cardiovascular and nervous systems are arranged, how quickly thermoregulation reacts.<\/p>\n

A short-term outdoor high temperature (like in a bathhouse, sauna, remember how much the thermometer shows there?) does not cause any harm to a person with a healthy heart, but daily life encourages a person to strive for comfort, and not to overcome. That is, we want to perform all the usual actions at a pleasant temperature, humidity, degree of illumination of the room and arrange them ourselves, regardless of weather conditions. The harm of central heating and household heaters, especially with an open electric coil, has already been discussed more than once: these devices waste oxygen in the room, dry the air, increase the concentration of dust, and so on.<\/p>\n

By itself, the air conditioner does not supercool the body of an adult or a child, this is a common misconception. The split system does not have the ability to create sub-zero temperatures for real hypothermia. “Overboard" is still colder in the off-season (autumn, early spring) and in winter. So is air conditioning harmful to health, does it provoke morbidity? Yes, it does, and here's how.<\/p>\n

That is, a person experiences the effect of a sharp one-time temperature drop every time he leaves an air-conditioned office on a summer afternoon, from a cooled car to the street, from a closed and cool room to a full-fledged summer in central Russia, for example, at 35 \u00b0 C.<\/p>\n

This “step”, which the thermoregulation system must respond to every time, sometimes turns out to be too high: the vessels are not able to adapt so quickly. There is no such switch in the child's body.<\/p>\n

When you go from sun to shade outside, the temperature difference will be small even when changing locations. For example, from the sun to the coolness of an ordinary private house, which stands "on the ground" and does not heat up as much as apartments in a multi-storey building (for example, from 35 to 30 \u00b0 C). But what is the difference when using an air conditioner? That's at least 10\u00b0C! If outside the heat is below 40 \u00b0 C, then on the air conditioner many people set less than 30 \u00b0 C, or even all 22 \u00b0 C. Someone "pleasant" begins only with 18 \u00b0 C, no more. But the vessels are not an accordion to contract and expand within such limits! Sooner or later, the air conditioner begins to affect health in the most negative way, there will be a failure and stagnation leading to inflammation.<\/p>\n

An auto-air conditioner often has a directed flow that cools a certain area of \u200b\u200bthe body (blowing into the neck, side, lower back), which leads to the appearance of a contrast-temperature area on the body. The danger of air conditioners for health is that the cooling of the back and lower back is directly related to vasospasm in the nose. It makes no sense to compare with the wind, the wind has an ambient temperature, and the cooling effect is associated with the evaporation of liquid from the surface of the skin.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, what to do if it's bad in the heat and stuffiness? After all, this is a serious burden on the heart, the likelihood of heat stroke: both the child and the adult are hot, the person becomes lethargic, sleep poorly, and the appetite disappears. But what about sports? What if we add the usual children's running around to the heat? If the climate is such that in summer it is 40 \u00b0 C in the shade and even in the evening there is no coolness under the trees? From the heat, for example, children who are prone to nosebleeds suffer.<\/p>\n

First you need to accustom yourself to separate the concepts of "stuffy" and "hot". Indoors, “stuffy” is the sensation your body uses to tell you that your brain is lacking oxygen rather than being overheated. It is stuffy and in a cold room, if the area is limited, there are many people, there is no influx of fresh air. To avoid the negative impact of air conditioning on health, you need to ventilate more often, use thick curtains and blinds, reflective films on windows if they face the sunny side. These measures already reduce the need to lower the temperature in the air conditioner settings.<\/p>\n

It is necessary to level the shock load on the vessels in the form of a sharp temperature drop. You need to cool down smoothly, heat up – also smoothly. Extend the time for adaptation – this is the most competent action. We live in a world where air conditioners are found everywhere: in stores, in a sports club, in medical clinics. This is a changed, albeit artificial, environment of our habitat. Proceed as follows: from the sun – first into the shade, then on the eve of the cooled room, and after two to five minutes you can move inside with the child, but it is better to stay away from the device itself. Entering the apartment and turning on the split system, do not immediately set the low temperature, lower the degrees gradually.<\/p>\n

What are the dangers of air conditioners for health?<\/h2>\n

The danger of air conditioners for health is also in the fact that in their internal structure, unfortunately, they become excellent breeding grounds for microorganisms and viruses. Dust, dirt, human skin microparticles, dust mites, plant pollen, bacteria – all this then plies in the room, and the person breathes it. In tubes, on filters, especially where there is condensate, it is warm, dark, humid. This is an ideal environment for the development of pathogenic bacteria. For example, the causative agent of pneumonia feels great inside the air conditioner. Then the danger is not only in a runny nose, but in the fact that it can start with a runny nose and continue with inflammation of the sinuses and go down much lower. Actually, the development of the scenario depends on the range of pathogens in the interior of the air conditioner and the state of the child's immunity.<\/p>\n

If you have purchased a domestic watering system, then conscientiously monitor its operation.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/a><\/p>\n

Uncleaned filters completely destroy the positive effect that air conditioning has on an allergic child with seasonal allergic rhinitis. A clogged air conditioner becomes unhealthy. Many parents install these household appliances at home if the allergy season for flowering lasts from May to September, and there is simply no opportunity to leave for a more child-friendly region for the entire period. While the device is new and clean, there are positive changes: the child came home from the street sneezing, in snot, with a reddened nose, eyes, watery eyes (some even find it hard to breathe), and after half an hour under the air conditioner, he already breathes easier, he himself notes how much his condition has improved. When the filters become clogged, the negative impact of the air conditioner on human health increases, a secondary attack by allergens is obtained, of course, there is little benefit in this.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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