Reasons why you should shower in tap water after swimming

HẢI LÂM (THEO BOLDSKY) |

Many people often forget to shower with tap water immediately after swimming in the sea. However, this can cause some effects, especially on the skin.

1. Antibiotic resistance

The skin is the largest organ in the human body, it helps protect against various foreign substances such as pathogens, radiation and xenobiotics. Swimming in the sea can help remove normal bacteria from the skin, but at the same time deposit diverse ocean bacteria in the skin, leading to antibiotic resistance genes, in which bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics and make them more difficult to treat. This leads to an increased risk of skin infections due to the reduced effectiveness of antibiotics.

2. Facial deposits

Along with harmful bacteria in the ocean, there is also a lot of feces in the ocean created by wastewater and excretion from aquatic animals. These fertilizers stay on the skin after soaking in the sea and can spread and cause infection if left longer. This makes swimming after swimming at sea important.

3. Risk of serious illnesses

Many studies around the world have reported that people who swam at sea had to be hospitalized a few days later. The main cause is an infestation of the foot-and-mouth disease infected with rare bacteria, also known as anorexia carnicola. Bacteria enter the body through cuts or open wounds on the skin and affect the blood, leading to serious tissue damage and conditions such as organ failure.

What should you do before swimming in the sea?

Check the water quality and report the pollution of the beach you plan to swim to.

Always wear sunscreen when going to sea. While it may not protect you completely from ocean bacteria, it can protect your skin to some extent.

Avoid swimming if you have a cut or wound on your skin.

How should you clean your body after soaking in the sea?

The most important thing after soaking in the sea is to wash your skin. You have to shower with regular tap water, in addition to Do, reusing soap can also increase the benefits. In addition, do not rub your skin or use antibacterial soap because they can irritate the skin and make it more susceptible to infection.

Note: Soaking in the sea can be more harmful than soaking in water disinfected with clo. This is because before, a person was exposed to many types of diverse bacteria residing in the ocean, while behind, there were only unified bacteria that affected the skin from water disinfected with clo.

HẢI LÂM (THEO BOLDSKY)
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