Mobile phones are something that everyone will never leave in their daily lives, but I don’t know if you have ever heard of using mobile phones in the toilet to be susceptible to infections? Today (Nov 19th) is World Toilet Day, so let’s get a little knowledge about this aspect of popular science!
A person spends about 3 years in the toilet in his life. According to statistics, adults use the toilet 6-8 times a day. There are about 2500 times a year, so in their lifetime, they spend about 3 years in the toilet. And girls will spend longer in the toilet.
Maybe a lot of people think it saves time to play with mobile phones in the toilet, and as long as they don’t mind the smell, they just change the place to play with the mobile phone, but the germs in the whole toilet don’t think so. Full of E. coli, Salmonella, and other germs, staying in the toilet for a long time will allow these germs to attach to the mobile phone, thereby sticking to our hands through contact and opening the way to spread the disease.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), people infected with Salmonella may have an acute fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting, while those infected with E. coli may have a fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea. And it may sometimes develop into bloody diarrhea (hemorrhagic colitis).
In addition, items such as menstrual pad should not be placed in the toilet for the purpose to “standby”, because menstrual pad are very susceptible to moisture and deterioration, causing bacteria to invade and multiply, even if they are completely unopened, they will be contaminated.
