The weather is too hot, many people like to eat cold food in the refrigerator or drink iced drinks.
Especially in the middle-aged and elderly people, the gastrointestinal function is weak. Excessive consumption of cold drinks or cold foods may cause damage to the gastric mucosa, but also affect digestion, absorption function, and even suffer from 'fridge disease'!
Four 'fridge diseases' should be vigilant!
Refrigerator headache
Foods that have just been taken out of the freezer of the refrigerator, if eaten immediately, will obviously irritate the oral mucosa, causing reflexive vasospasm in the head, causing dizziness, headache, nausea and other symptoms.
Refrigerator pneumonia
If the refrigerator is not cleaned frequently, the funnel of the freezer and the evaporator can easily breed fungi. After inhaling the air with the bacteria, allergic persons or children are prone to cough, chest pain, chills, fever, chest tightness, and asthma. And other symptoms, clinically known as 'refrigerator pneumonia'.
Refrigerator gastritis
A large amount of frozen or frozen food in the refrigerator, the gastrointestinal tract is stimulated by strong hypothermia, induced episodes of paroxysmal cramps and vomiting, called 'refrigerator gastritis'.
Refrigerator enteritis
There is a kind of bacteria called Yersinia, which is widely found in pigs, dogs, cats, cows, horses, sheep, rabbits, pigeons, etc. If you eat the food stored in the refrigerator, it is not fully heated. It is easy to cause intestinal inflammation in the refrigerator, causing abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms.
How to prevent refrigerator disease?
Although there is a threat of refrigerator disease, especially in the summer, many foods must be kept in the refrigerator. How to avoid the refrigerator while using the refrigerator?
Try to eat fresh food
Do not store food in the refrigerator for a long time, especially for some vegetables. It is recommended not to exceed 3 days. If the food is corrupt, discard it immediately, so as not to contaminate other foods.
Refrigerator cleaning and disinfecting regularly
Once a week in the summer, at least once a month in other seasons, scrub with 0.5% bleach, then wipe off.
Don't stuff the fridge full
Leave some gaps to ensure the flow of cold air. Also try to reduce the number of open refrigerators, shorten the opening time.
The raw food in the refrigerator is placed separately
Especially vegetables, it is best to keep it sealed. This saves for a long time and avoids cross infection.
Don't store milk powder in the refrigerator!
Milk powder is stored in the refrigerator for a long time, it is easy to get wet, agglomerate, and deteriorate, thus affecting the freshness, just put it in a ventilated, cool place.
Finally, remind everyone that it is best to measure the temperature for a long time, to ensure that the refrigerator is around 4 °C, and the freezer is about 18 °C.