It is the season of spring cleaning. According to the British “Daily Mail” report, a new study in Norway found that cleaning a room is harmful to women’s lungs. The harm is equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes per day. However, men do not seem to be affected by this. Impact.
In the new study, Dr. Cecil Swanies, a researcher at the University of Bergen in Norway, and his research team conducted a combing analysis of the lung health data of 6,235 men and women involved in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. The average age of the participants was 34 years old. They received questionnaires related to cleaning out. The questions included: whether to clean their own room; whether to do a professional cleaner; how often to use liquid cleaners and sprays etc. Results showed that 1512 Men and 197 women did not often clean the room; 1263 men and 2808 women cleaned the room in time; 57 men and 293 women worked as professional cleaners. Later, the researchers compared the data and found that women cleaning staff and home The risk of asthma in women who had a clean sweep was 13.7% and 12.3%, respectively. The risk of asthma in women who did not do a clean sweep was only 9.6%. Specifically, women who cleaned their room once or more a week had the fastest decline in lung capacity. The decline in lung capacity between 10 and 20 years is equivalent to a daily draw of 20 cigarettes. However, among men who participated in the test, whether they were professional cleaners or not, The sweeping did not appear to have a negative impact on women.
Dr. Swans analysis pointed out that the results of the new study showed that large-scale cleaning may harm women's respiratory health. The key reason is that cleaning products including bleach and ammonia (lattice cleaners, etc.) may cause irritation to women's lungs. Causes lung tissue fibrosis (lung scars), which in turn impairs lung function and increases the risk of developing asthma and other diseases.
