Table of contents:
- 1. Soap can kill disease bacteria
- 2. Shampooing every day to make germs disappear
- 3. You need a shower every day
- 4. Public toilets are full of disease-causing bacteria
- 5. Sweat makes the body smell
- 6. Hand sanitizer able to kill all disease bacteria on hand
- 7. Cleaning the house must use antibacterial products
- 8. You don't have to change the sheets too often
He said, in order for your body to be free from disease bacteria, you have to take a shower every day. Is that true? Or is it true that public toilets can cause infectious diseases? Here are myths and facts about hygiene that can surprise you.
1. Soap can kill disease bacteria
Wrong. The soap you use doesn't actually kill germs. So far, the soap you use has only moved it to another place, not killed it.
So, the way soap actually works is only to remove germs and disease bacteria that are on the surface of your skin. Then, when you rinse it with water, the germs and bacteria are carried away and transferred to the water stream. Therefore, it is best if you use running water when washing your hands or other parts of your body. So that bacteria can be wasted with the water flow.
2. Shampooing every day to make germs disappear
Wrong. Everyone must have their own hair washing schedule. But, not a few who wash their hair very often, even every time they shower.
In fact, washing your hair every day only makes your hair less healthy. Shampoo is great for cleaning and removing oil from your hair, but too often it will only make your hair dry and brittle.
3. You need a shower every day
He said, to clean your body you have to shower at least twice a day. Don't know where that recommendation came from. However, according to some experts, you don't need to shower twice a day, and not even showering every day is fine. In fact, bathing too often will make the good bacteria on your skin die.
However, the more often and longer you spend time outdoors, then you should take a shower to clean the germs that have stuck to your body.
4. Public toilets are full of disease-causing bacteria
Not really. Public toilets are usually dirty and can be a collection of disease bacteria. But according to microbiologists, the bacteria in public toilets are the same as the toilet bacteria in your home. Toilet seats in public toilets that you think are dirty and full of germs are actually harmless.
As long as you don't have an open sore on the skin that is in contact with the toilet seat, then you won't get an infection from it.
5. Sweat makes the body smell
The sweat that your skin produces doesn't actually have a smell at all. Then what makes it smell? Body odor is caused by bacteria that stick to the surface of your skin. So when your sweat is mixed with bacteria, a new body odor will appear. The most common bacteria on the surface of the skin are Staphylococcus epidermis and S. aureus.
6. Hand sanitizer able to kill all disease bacteria on hand
If you change the habit of cleaning your hands with soap and water to use hand sanitizer, then actually your actions are not good. In fact, until now hand soap is still considered effective for removing bacteria on your hands. because recently it was known that antibacterials are present in hand sanitizer known to not work as well as hand soap.
7. Cleaning the house must use antibacterial products
Just because you want your home to be clean and free of bacteria doesn't mean you have to buy all the home cleaning products that are antibacterial. According to microbiologists, antibacterial cleaning products that are sold in the market contain more triclosan which is considered not potent enough to kill bacteria. even triclosan can be toxic to the environment around you. In contrast to the disinfectant - which is in bleach - can do a better job at fighting disease bacteria and not polluting the environment.
8. You don't have to change the sheets too often
On the contrary. In fact, the sheets you use are a hotbed of bacteria and germs. In fact, every hour you add bacteria and germs to your sheets. If you often don't shower after doing activities from outside and immediately lie on the mattress, then it could be that your mattress is filled with bacteria. Although in most cases this is harmless, the bacteria on your mattress can cause irritation and acne on your body.
To avoid this, you should change your mattress sheets every week and wash used sheets with hot water.
