Viral diseases, the probability of which increases sharply with the onset of the autumn-winter period, is an extremely unpleasant thing. Viruses flying everywhere - at work, in transport, in an apartment, threaten to enter the body and incapacitate for a few days at best. Therefore, wherever you can get rid of this infection, you need to do it, and of course, first of all, you need to secure your own apartment.
Especially if there are children living there. If a patient with a respiratory disease appears in the house, then his isolation in a separate room is very important, but it is not the final solution to the problem. Only a complete and scrupulous cleaning of all rooms, in which special tools are used, can purify the atmosphere of the home and make the air in the house safe.
Home Air Disinfection
Ways to clean the air in an apartment or a country house are quite simple and do not require huge efforts. Doctors recommend:
- Constantly ventilate all rooms, and do it always, and not only when there is a high risk of colds in the city. You don't have to keep the windows open all the time. It is enough to open them for 15 minutes every 4-5 hours.
- Vacuum floors regularly. It is best to use a powerful and high-quality vacuum cleaner for this, which is equipped with a replaceable dust collector. It collects dust particles much better. The filters in the vacuum cleaner should be changed regularly, and not used for a long time. Just using a vacuum cleaner for cleaning is not enough. After it, it is imperative to carry out wet cleaning, which will eliminate the remaining dust.
- Bed linen should be changed regularly, at least once every 7 days. The fresher the linen, the less dust in the room. When it comes time to change the linen, then after this procedure it is necessary to carry out a wet cleaning, during which to remove dust from hard-to-reach areas, for example, under the bed.
- An air purifier is a great solution to reduce air pollution in a room. When buying this device, it is best to choose a unit combined with an ionizer. The ionizer perfectly cleans the air of dust and saturates it with negative ions, which are good for breathing. People who suffer from allergies or asthma can purchase an air purifier that takes this circumstance into account when working.
- If there is air conditioning in the house or apartment, then its filter should be cleaned regularly. Then it better humidifies the air entering the room.
- It is very good when there are a large number of flowers in pots in the room. Plants are able to purify the air by removing toxic elements from it.The leaves of flowers should be regularly washed from dust, this will increase their ability to purify the air by a third. Plants such as myrtle, ivy, dracaena, ficus, chlorophytum purify the air better than others.
The use of essential oils
Essential oils have antiseptic properties. In addition, they purify the air and smell good. Many essential oils have medicinal properties, they help with breathing, making it deeper. No wonder they are used for inhalation. Oils can be poured into special aromatic lamps.
The oil of needles, fir, lemon, eucalyptus “works” best of all.
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