Health News Desk, In winter people often use room heater to avoid cold and keep the body warm. Room heater reduces the effect of cold winds but can unknowingly cause major harm to your health. Yes, excessive use of room heater has negative impact on health and environment. Let us know how excessive use of room heater harms your health.
Dryness problem in skin and eyes
Running the heater in the room for a long time can cause dryness in the skin and eyes. Actually, the heater reduces the moisture present in the room by sucking it. Due to which dryness can increase in skin and eyes.
shortness of breath
The heat from the heater makes the air dry, which can cause breathing problems for asthma or allergy patients. Breathing hot air can cause the airways to shrink and narrow, making breathing difficult. Apart from this, excessive use of blowers and room heaters dries up the nasal passages, which can lead to bleeding from the nose and then pain in the upper part of the nose.
dehydration
Staying in the heat of the heater for a long time causes the body to lose moisture rapidly, which can lead to dehydration. Children and the elderly remain more at risk from this condition.
harm to brain health
Excessive use of blowers and room heaters can harm your brain health. Staying in extremely hot and dry air can cause headaches and fatigue to a person. Running the heater in a closed room for a long time increases carbon monoxide in the room which stops the blood supply to the brain, which can lead to bleeding and death of the person.
Take these precautions while using room heater
maintain humidity in the room
Whenever you run a room heater, keep a vessel filled with water in the room, so that moisture remains.
Take care of ventilation
Before running the room heater, take full care of the ventilation of the room. Especially while using gas heater, keep the doors and windows of the house slightly open.
Use heater if needed
Do not run the heater all day but only when needed. Remember to turn off the heater before sleeping.
keep skin hydrated
Use moisturizer regularly to keep the skin hydrated. Apart from this, keep drinking sufficient amount of water regularly.
keep distance in mind
Keep a distance of at least 1-2 feet from the heater.
Do not keep flammable things near
Before running the heater and blower, ensure that there is no water or any flammable objects kept near them.
