How to disinfect your room when you have a cold

Many people will have questions about how to disinfect the room when you have a cold. Colds are mainly caused by viral infections, and the main symptoms are dizziness, headache, cough, sputum, sore throat and fever. Keep the room ventilated so that fresh air can flow, and it would be better if you disinfect the room at the same time. Let’s take a closer look at how to disinfect your room when you have a cold.

You may use steamed vinegar to disinfect the room, but the acidic gas emitted by "steamed vinegar" will irritate the upper respiratory tract, and in severe cases will burn the upper digestive tract mucosa, especially for children, the elderly and asthma patients, so people should not stay in the room to fumigate together. The correct way to fumigate with vinegar is to boil the vinegar, put it in the room that needs to be disinfected, close the doors and windows, and leave; open the doors and windows after half an hour to ventilate, and then go in.

Common disinfection methods are as follows:

1. Vinegar disinfection

If someone in the family has a cold, the most common method of disinfection is to use edible vinegar. We can boil edible rice vinegar in a pot and then sprinkle some evenly in each room. We can also let the boiled rice vinegar stay in each room for a while, which can achieve the effect of disinfection and sterilization to a great extent.

2. Disinfectant

Disinfectant is a relatively common disinfection method. Common disinfectants can be bought in supermarkets, but the purchased disinfectants cannot be used directly for disinfection. They must be mixed with some water to be disinfected. Usually, they must be mixed in a certain proportion to achieve the disinfection effect. When using disinfectant for disinfection, people at home should try to leave the disinfected room, and then spray the prepared disinfectant evenly in the room.

3. Ventilation

When someone in the house catches a cold, be sure to open the windows and doors to allow air circulation. The air in the room will flow outside, and the fresh air outside will also flow into the room. Therefore, this is the best way to disinfect.

If someone in the family catches a cold, the family members must drink more water to prevent the cold. At the same time, the family members should try not to have close contact with the person with a cold, and should not drink water from the same cup with the patient with a cold. This can greatly reduce the chance of catching a cold.