Today we talk about the daily use, but easily overlooked problem-towels. Are your towels clean enough? How often do you change towels? In response to this, the editor interviewed and got the response that most middle-aged and elderly people would wait until they are worn out and broken before throwing them away, and even some people would wait for them to be dirty or hardened before replacing them; while most of the young people would. Towels are changed every two to three months. So do you know how many little secrets are hidden in such towels?
In this regard, some people have done experiments-experiment with towels that have been used for two, one and three months: cut off a corner of these towels and sample them, and then introduce physiological saline for 24 hours of bacterial culture. After 24 hours, the experimental results showed that the bacterial colonies on the towels used for two years were dense and the number exceeded 100 million; the towels used for one year had about several million bacteria; and the towels used for three months also had a few bacteria on them. One hundred thousand. This kind of experiment can't help but feel creepy. There are so many bacteria in just one corner of the towel. It can be seen that the usage time of the towel is proportional to the bacteria.
Some people may feel that their towels have been used for a long time without any discomfort. So what kind of effects will the bacteria on these towels have on the human body? Experts said that most of these bacteria on towels are streptococcus and staphylococcus, and there are also more mold and fungal infections. Staphylococcus infections can easily cause impetigo; streptococcal infections can easily cause local skin and soft tissue infections; fungal infections can cause tinea corporis.
The World Health Organization has recommended that towels should be changed once a month. In addition, more detailed suggestions are: three for men (one for washing face, one for bathing, and one for washing feet), four for female (one for washing face and one for washing feet, and one for bathing in menstrual and non-physiological periods). Towels should be disinfected at high temperature once a week, and the disinfection time will be 20-30 minutes, and they should be dried in a dry, ventilated and sunny place.