Air Conditioners and Health; Precautions and safety.

Everyone likes to stay in the coolness of AC, from cars, and offices to home rooms. But do you know that staying in AC for many hours can cause difficulty in breathing, joint pain, or skin problems?

In such a situation, one needs to be very careful while using the AC. Because AC reduces moisture from the indoor air. Staying in AC for a long time can cause problems like dehydration, dry skin, and difficulty in breathing. In such a situation, one should avoid staying in AC for too long. Long time stay in AC causes difficulties in breathing, dry skin, asthma, dryness in eyes, weakness, bone diseases, dehydration, laziness, headache, etc.

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Some precautions may be very useful if followed correctly -

1. Don't sit in front of the AC for a long time.

2. Avoid sleeping in the direction where AC cool air directly hits your face and head.

3. try to wear soft and loose nightwear.

4. Try to cover your head with cotton clothes to avoid over-covering at the head surface.

5. Very important to maintain AC temperature by 24-25 degrees Celcius for comfort. overcooling may create dry skin and shrink the outer surface of the body skin leading to itching and many other problems.

6. Set your AC's thermostat to a normal temperature (24-25 degrees Celcius) and avoid lowering it too low. This will not only reduce physical problems to a great extent but will also save electricity.

7. Taking a break from AC can also save you from its harm. Spending too much time in AC can cause fatigue, headaches, and other problems. To give your body comfort from the cold air, sit in the natural air for some time.

8. The room should not be too hot or cold for the child, as this can be dangerous. When the AC is on in the room, maintain a stable temperature of 24 to 26 degrees Celsius. Because this will provide comfort to the child.

9. According to the report of Row of Energy Efficiency, temperatures below 24 degrees Celsius can harm the body. Therefore, the temperature of 24 degrees AC is right for the body. This can also result in savings of 15 to 20 percent in electricity bills.

So, using AC is not bad if we take all the required precautions.

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Long COVID Symptoms makes many changes like hair loss, low sex drive, erectile dysfunction, etc in the body – a study report

A study reveals that the long Covid Symptoms make many changes in the body. It includes hair loss and reduced libido. Other symptoms included chest pain, fever, bowel incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and limb swelling. About 2 million people in the UK have persistent symptoms after COVID infection, termed long COVID. They commonly reported long COVID symptoms, such as fatigue and shortness of breath, which have a significant effect on people's daily activities, quality of life, and capacity to work. But long COVID symptoms are much broader than this. In a new study published in the journal, Nature Medicine  62 symptoms have been identified as associated with long COVID.  

Much of the initial work undertaken to understand long COVID has been among people who were hospitalized, but most people infected with COVID have been managed in primary care, therefore, it is known relatively little about long COVID in people with typically milder initial infections. In the study, it has been analyzed electronic primary care records from more than 450,000 people in England with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID, and 1.9 million people with no prior history of COVID, from January 2020 to April 2021.  Both groups were matched very closely in terms of their demographic, social, and clinical characteristics, then, scientists assessed the relative differences in the reporting of 115 symptoms to GPs. For those who had COVID, they measured this at least 12 weeks after they were infected. 

They found that people who had been diagnosed with COVID were significantly more likely to report 62 symptoms, only 20 of which are included in the World Health Organization's clinical case definition for long COVID. Some of these symptoms were expected, like loss of sense of smell, shortness of breath, and fatigue. But some of the symptoms that they found to be strongly associated with COVID beyond 12 weeks were surprising and less well known, such as hair loss and reduced libido. Other symptoms included chest pain, fever, bowel incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and limb swelling. 

These differences in symptoms reported between the infected and uninfected groups remained even after we accounted for age, sex, ethnic group, socioeconomic status, body mass index, smoking status, the presence of more than 80 health conditions, and past reporting of the same symptom. 

They also found that younger age, female sex, belonging to certain ethnic minority groups, lower socioeconomic status, smoking, obesity, and a wide range of health conditions were all associated with a higher risk of reporting persistent symptoms more than 12 weeks after COVID infection.

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Health benefits of black pepper and honey in winter season....

 It is common to get cold and cough due to cold air in the winter season. But no one likes to stay in the nose or chest for a month. In this case, more care has to be taken. Indian spices are more beneficial for health than how much flavor they add to food. There are many benefits of consuming black pepper and honey in cold. So let's know the benefits of eating honey and black pepper together in winter.

1. Get rid of cold and cough - If a person has frequent colds, and then take a spoonful of honey at night and mix half a spoonful of black pepper in it. Eat and sleep. This will give rest throughout the night. In addition, it is also very effective for phlegm. Rest is available overnight and in one day only.

2. Strengthen Immunity - For people who fall sick very frequently, it is necessary to strengthen their immunity. For this, we can also consume only black pepper water. Put some ghee in a pan, after it becomes hot, add black pepper and add water. After that boil it well. It can be consumed anytime.  We may add little sugar for taste. By consuming this water immunity will be strong. The throat will be clear, and there will be no or itching.

3. Give rest to the stomach - If you have a problem with indigestion in cold, then take black pepper. Consuming this will give relief from problems like gas, acidity, constipation. The good properties present in black pepper help in getting rid of stomach problems. So we can consume it. Then we can add it to milk, add it to the vegetable, and drink black pepper tea or even just water.

4. Control cholesterol - The constituents present in black pepper also give relief in serious diseases. Consuming it reduces bad cholesterol. The risk of heart disease is reduced. For this, boil water of black pepper in a glass and drink it after adding honey.

5. Will get rid of depression - Actually, depression has become a common problem. People ranging from youth to 55-60 years of age are falling prey to it. In such a situation, home remedies are also necessary along with Medicare.  

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