flush the toilet cover after toilet use, which can prevent the bacteria in the toilet from being washed into the air by the cyclone generated by flushing, so as to prevent the bacteria from falling on toothbrushes, towels and other daily necessities to infect diseases. At first glance, it sounds reasonable, but after careful consideration, after the toilet is covered, all the bacteria are concentrated in the toilet, so aren’t the bacteria on the toilet ring more infectious and stronger? With this problem, let’s tangle about whether the toilet cover is open or covered when flushing.
when opening the toilet cover during flushing, bacteria will indeed fall on daily necessities
when flushing the toilet, we can most intuitively see that the water forms a vortex. At this time, with the impulse of the water, a cyclone will also form to flush the gas inside the toilet into the air, in which bacteria will inevitably take off together. Experiments have proved that this cyclone can flush the pathogenic bacteria in the toilet to an altitude of 6 meters, making them suspended in the air or attached to daily necessities near the toilet.
in the face of this group of health killers “rushing out” from the toilet, we really should be vigilant. Because most of the bacteria staying in the toilet are bacteria in the esophagus and intestines. Although they cannot be transmitted through the air, if they fall on daily necessities such as toothbrushes and towels and are not cleaned in time, they may get sick after use.
when flushing, bacteria with the toilet lid covered will concentrate on the toilet ring
since it is known that flushing with the toilet lid open may flush bacteria into the air, many people say that as long as the toilet lid is covered, pathogenic bacteria can be killed in the bud. So, can isolating bacteria in the toilet really help people avoid contact with bacteria?
in fact, flushing under the cover does achieve the effect of isolation in theory, and the cover can also help people isolate the peculiar smell in the toilet. However, it is undeniable that when the toilet cover is closed for flushing, bacteria will still float inside the toilet under the action of cyclone and easily adhere to the edge of the toilet ring and toilet cover. At this time, people will also contact bacteria when they open the toilet cover next time, which may lead to infection.
whether the toilet is covered or not has contact risk. Paying attention to hygiene is the key to disease prevention.
in my opinion, it seems that people can’t avoid contacting bacteria without the toilet. So, are people destined to be infected by bacteria? It’s not. As long as people pay attention to hygiene in their daily life and clean the toilet regularly as required, it is still a piece of cake to eliminate the potential safety hazards caused by bacteria in the toilet.
first of all, people should focus on personal cleanliness in disease prevention, because people do not pay attention to hygiene will increase the possibility of infection. If people can wash their hands before and after meals, they can eliminate most of the pathogenic bacteria, so they don’t have to worry about bacterial infection.
secondly, regular cleaning of toilet and toilet ring is also a necessary step. Do not clean the toilet until there is a yellow stain, and focus on the bacteria at the connection between the toilet outlet and the inner edge. The toilet should be brushed from top to bottom. When brushing the inner edge joint of the toilet, the brush should preferably be at an angle of 45 degrees and brush laterally in one direction. The dirtiest water outlet should be brushed in circles. At this time, do not use too much force to prevent dirty water from splashing on your body.
toilet ring should be cleaned with soapy water once every three days. If there are urinary tract infections at home, it is best to disinfect and sterilize with household disinfectant; It’s best to wipe the outside of the squatting seat once, fixed with a rag dipped in diluted household disinfectant; The flush button is best scrubbed every day.
finally, I would like to remind you that eradicating bacterial infection does not lie in the problem of “covering or not covering”. If we focus on isolating bacteria on the toilet cover, it is actually a way to abandon the basics and seek the end. Since the existence of various bacteria in the toilet seems to have become a fact, if we want to isolate contact with bacteria, we should first pay attention to our own cleaning. In addition, regular cleaning of the toilet is also the fundamental means of disease prevention.