Picking your nose could lead to pneumonia
The study, published in the European Respiratory
Journal, revealed that the pneumococcus bacteria is not only an airborne virus
but it can spread physically as well. Yes, you have heard it right! since the
study says that picking your nose can lead to serious illness and if you like to
take that dig then you should think twice before doing so.
Researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine (LSTM) undertook the research highlighted how vital it is to keep your
hands clean in order to cut down your risk of suffering from serious health
ailments.
The study was funded by Unilever and the Medical
Research Council and forty adult volunteers were used for the study. By using
different hand to nose methods, the volunteers were randomly assigned into four
groups and exposed to certain bacteria. One group was exposed to the bacteria
in water while the other group was exposed to air-dried bacteria.
Reportedly, the researchers found that participants
were as likely to get the bacteria in their noses whether they were exposed to it using those dry
or wet samples. If participants poked picked or even rubbed their noses, it was also found that the same amount of
transmission was recorded.
According to Doctor Victoria Connor is a clinical
research fellow at LSTM who is the lead author on the study, pneumococcal
infection is a main cause of death across the world. Reportedly, it is
estimated that it is responsible for 1.3 million deaths in children under the
age of five annually.
Reportedly, the elderly and people with other causes
of impaired immunity like chronic illness, are also at a higher risk of
pneumococcal infections.
15.10.2018
If we
don’t learn to control our thoughts, we will never learn
to control our behavior
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