Alert the public toilet seat to health threats

Today, people can not televisions, refrigerators, computers or cars, but they cannot be separated from the toilet.

United Kingdom, the famous "focus" magazine also invited 100 most authoritative experts and 1000 readers, comment out the world's greatest inventions, the toilet was ranked the first place. It appears that the human problems going to become much more convenient and hygienic.

In China, the toilet as a symbol of quality of life, is more and more families and public places.

According to the United Kingdom the daily post recently reported that the United Kingdom was invent the toilet, in 150 years later, they started to abandon it. Located in Manchester City's famous shopping city lodge Deir town, going from this week, the major shopping malls for squatting pan, replace all sitting on a toilet. As people's concern for the life, the toilet is no longer the simple sanitary ware, the famous pop star Andy Lau and even specifically for "toilet" sang a song, to describe its close relationship with humans.

Today, people can not televisions, refrigerators, computers or cars, but they cannot be separated from the toilet.

United Kingdom, the famous "focus" magazine also invited 100 most authoritative experts and 1000 readers, comment out the world's greatest inventions, the toilet was ranked the first place. It appears that the human problems going to become much more convenient and hygienic.

In China, the toilet as a symbol of quality of life, is more and more families and public places.

According to the United Kingdom the daily post recently reported that the United Kingdom was invent the toilet, in 150 years later, they started to abandon it. Located in Manchester City's famous shopping city lodge Deir town, going from this week, the major shopping malls for squatting pan, replace all sitting on a toilet. As people's concern for the life, the toilet is no longer the simple sanitary ware, the famous pop star Andy Lau and even specifically for "toilet" sang a song, to describe its close relationship with humans.

Peking University Department of Urology, Dr. Martin Yuan also said, in part performance of the members of the public toilet cleaning degree of distrust.

"In theory, probability of STD transmission. Only in STD patients the toilet when bacteria secretions in the toilet area, followed by users in the genital and accidentally touch is contagious. As long as it was always clean paper cushion, or pad to sit, sit, Cawan then can be avoided. "In fact, the specialist often cleaning cushions in public are extremely difficult to achieve. Responsible for cleaning the shopping centre, health of cleaning workers Liu aunt said: "we certainly cannot do each customer is complete we'll wipe again. "And use the public toilet may cause contact dermatitis and skin fungal infections, but also need to watch out for.

Not only is the toilet in public places, homes also has health implications.

According to public health authorities survey found that 32 percent of the toilet seat Shigella, one called "song of" dysenteriae survival for up to 17 days; another experiment shows that 1 million polio virus into the toilet, to cushion the virus has over 3 000.

Squatting Pan health but unsafe

In contrast, squatting Pan because no direct and skin contact, was identified as the healthier choice.

But there is also a squatting pan it disadvantages — older people use easy to cause unexpected. "Sometimes squatted down, half a day to also be blurred vision. "Squatting Pan let live Beijing Chaoyang Quguanzhuang Chang Grandma troubles. With the growth of the older, she would be loaded on the toilet at home.

Capital subsidiary anzhen hospital hypertension Division Director Yu chun ball said: "squatting there, inguinal and popliteal artery at less than 40 ° bend curvature, excessive bending of the body to the chest and limbs together to exert pressure on the abdomen, the original function of the disadvantaged are compounded by cardiac, vascular, especially in patients with fecal dry situations, patients with abdominal breath-hold to increase pressure, thus instantly appear rapidly increase blood pressure in the upper body of a range of symptoms such as facial congestion, heartbeat, shortness of breath, mind made up, in severe cases there will be a brain haemorrhage, angina, thereby threatening.

"There are also some old people all year round, because of knee osteoarthritis of the knee cartilage surface is damaged and the joint edge with osteophyte formation, makes a squat for the elderly. Instead, use the toilet toilet compare effort, leg load-carrying capacity, weight transfer to the toilet, so old and frail people, very convenient.

Guardian toilet on health

The toilet is small, healthy thing big.

To this end, the experts from the health, wellness and chronic disease patients use the areas of attention as we teach a few strokes and toilet health.

Try to choose squatting pan in public places.

Because there is no guarantee that the public toilet after each use, experts are sterilized and recommends public places should try to select squatting pan. Yuan yiming, man if not easily squat, use toilet with toilet paper to wipe clean the washer. "Designers should also understand the concerns of everyone, including more humanized design, as in a public toilet squatting Pan sides with safety handrail. ”

Cardiovascular patient multi-select toilet.

Yu chun ball stressed, hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, patients should avoid using squatting pan. Out of Office, preferably with a portable toilet stool, you can attach a squatting pan into simple toilet to reduce blood pressure leading to the upper body dunwei suddenly rise unexpected; if you do not take the toilet stool, preferably accompanied by their families. Toilet at home, try not to plug in the door, so unexpected, family members can be found in the first time. Family members also often asked the elderly toileting, if long time no answer required special attention.

Preparation of a constipation. foot stool

Peking University third hospital digestion branch Associate Chief Physician Yao Wei said, constipation or hemorrhoids sufferers it is best to choose a toilet that can reduce dunwei posture on gastrointestinal and digestive system of oppression. People who suffer from hemorrhoids, anal of venous walls very thin, defecation is easily cracked. Long squat sedentary easily anal cecal congestion causing the diseaseDisease. Yao Wei recommendations can be placed next to the toilet at home a foot stool, toileting, feet high and 8-10 cm, contribute to defecation. After discharge slowly stood up, so as not to appear too cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral vascular accident occurred even.

Read smoking are taboo.

When using the book smoke are distracting, easily lead to bowel dysfunction, and even evoked hemorrhoid. Yao Wei said: "old squat pan, defecation side missed, smoking also increases the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents. Defecation is wholeheartedly, never too hard, not out of time do not reluctantly. ”

Flush toilet cover when the lid.

New York University, Dr. Philip ternaud · pointed out that if you flush the toilet door open when the toilet moment cyclone maximum microbial pathogens or can be thrown to 6 m in the air, and suspended in the air as long as several hours, and pollution of walls and other items. Therefore, you should make a flush toilet lid.

Three days a cleaning, both inside and outside.

Yuan ming also said that many people will wait for toilet appear after cleaning dirt, in fact, when the toilet has a bacterial overgrowth and outside. "The best three days cleaning, if in a House with the urinary system, it is best to use household disinfectant for sterilization. "Toilet outside best also wipe again, fixed with a cloth, do not mix with other cloth.

The old toilet, assembling armrest.

China Research Center on Aging, Tao li-Qun, a researcher said: "the home if you have elderly, toilet doors opening out to the best, if you go in, in the old man fell unexpectedly, it is difficult to be pushed open the door. "If there are conditions that should be in the toilet installation handrails and convenient Bell, older persons in the event of accidents to promptly notify the family.

(Edit: Justin Lin, internships)