EFFECTS OF USING HAND SANITIZER

With the coronavirus outbreak, the humble hand sanitizer found its place in the sun. Yes, you're right as cases started to rise in terms of COVID-19 positive cases, the hand sanitizer became a hot-selling commodity.
Most of us have kept hand sanitizers in our house in our workspace. We rely on them slowly, hoping to create that barrier between us and the virus. But the big question is, how much of a success is the hand sanitizer in safeguarding us from the infection?

So in this article, we are going to tell you some of the risks that you can run. If you only rely on hand sanitizers.

Well, risk number one,
if your hands are already greasy, then a hand sanitizer will come to absolutely no good hand sanitizers don't really work on grease. So even though you are thinking that you're cleaning your hands of the virus by using a hand sanitizer, but if they're already greasy, they will only attract more dirt, that would mean more germs, so don't use a hand sanitizer if your hands are greasy.
So mostly The hand sanitizers available in the market today are alcohol-based. Heavily dependent on just hand sanitizers can completely take the moisture out of your hands. They dry your hands out completely.

You can see some of you must have already been noticing a bit of a white flaky layer on your hand. Well, that is due to the heavy use of the hand sanitizer. Well, there's another issue that well yes hand sanitizers do work for Coronavirus but certain viruses, they do not have any control over, and they don't inhibit those. One of those is the norovirus. Now, if your hand sanitizer doesn't contain alcohol, then it's likely to contain triclosan, which is a powerful antibacterial agent and often used in making pesticides. It is readily absorbed by the skin, which can directly impact thyroid function and can cause damage to the liver in muscles.

Another thing Have you ever thought a lot of us especially now immediately reach out to Hand Sanitizer, use it, and then start eating something.

Have you thought about the kind of chemicals that you're consuming?
Well, there are a lot of chemicals in hand sanitizers and frequently consuming hand sanitizers because you don't wash your hands you use a hand sanitizer instead. Then you use your hands to eat food, you're ingesting the hand sanitizer? Well, it can be very harmful to your immunity counterproductive, especially for very young children.

If kids always consume this product, then first, it can lead to alcohol poisoning. And secondly, it can lower their immunity to such a level that the body's defense mechanism is in a constant fighting mode, which leads to weakened immunity. This can cause serious side effects when they grow older as well. These adults have a weak immune system and will be more vulnerable to diseases. Moreover, if your hand sanitizer is scented, that means it's loaded with toxins and chemicals. Synthetic fragrances contain athletes, which are endocrine disruptors that mimic hormones. Could alter genetic development. So hand sanitizers don't just have these medical risks but also positive physical impact as well if you use them, as we told you that sanitizers contain alcohol, which make it highly flammable, so if putting alcohol on your hands you go near any fire, it can cause some severe burns. One such incident had happened in Ramadi, where a person had suffered 35% burns because he was close to a kitchen stove. While using hand sanitizer on his clothes.

There is a video that is circulating that seems to suggest a car in rarely caught fire because the hand sanitizer kept in the vehicle actually burst, leading to the car catching fire. Well, that's not a fact. It's untrue. However, if your sanitizer or hand sanitizer that is kept in the car was a big bottle. It's not airtight and is leaking when we can keep accumulating in the vehicle, making the car small gas chamber so all it possibly He needs to start a fire is maybe a tiny spot somewhere and these gases could then lead to a small fire within the car. So that's a fact. But no hand sanitizers don't just burst into flames.

A lot of you out there thinking that the best way to actually clean your masks that you're using it to dip them into sanitizer and clean them with your little bottle of hand sanitizer.

Don't do that. Because the wipers are then trapped in cloth, and when you wear your mask after attempting to clean the cover, the fumes would possibly cause nausea or even could lead to possible warming.

So here's how you can prevent yourself.

1. Wash your hands using soap and water.

2. Keep the sanitizer away from children.

3.hand sanitizers stored in bottles in a cool and dry place.

4. Keep it in a safe distance from the kitchen and never applied before you're going to cook or even eat.

5. Clean your mask with regular soap and water.

So ultimately, yes, hand sanitizers and this point of time could be an essential commodity if you don't have water and soap within easy access because if you do, that should be your first priority.

Wash your hands with soap before you use a hand sanitizer.