Ideas to cool off without exposure to air conditioning
The high temperatures accompany most families throughout the summer. The heat prevents you from going out to do everyday activities such as playing in the park or going for a walk, so the members of the household must stay at home while the sun is more dangerous for the Health. However, mercury is also high within these four walls.
To remedy this, many families resort to air conditioner. A device that helps keep members of the household cool, but whose abuse leads to many health problems such as colds, and other economic ones when the electricity bill increases considerably. But there are also other tricks with which to fight against heat without using these devices.
Air conditioning problems
As has been said to abuse the air conditioner It can be a bad idea since these devices can cause serious problems. On the one hand, there are those that put the health of people at stake:
- Muscle contractions by directly receiving the jet of cold air that is even capable of deriving torticollis and facial paralysis.
- Catarros because of repeated exposure to the cold air jet.
- Dizziness by sudden changes in temperature after passing from the heat of the street to the cold inside the home.
- Infections in the respiratory tract for a deficient maintenance of the filters of the device.
- Lumbago and other muscular pains by the response of the muscular system to exposure to cold.
You should also take into account the effect it has on the family economy the constant use of air conditioning. These devices require a lot of energy that is subsequently reflected. A hard blow that will make it even more difficult to face the dreaded, for the pockets, back to school that always ends up coming to each home at the end of the summer.
Alternatives to air conditioning
To avoid these problems derived from air conditioning, alternatives can be used with the cooling and that can be alternated with the use of these devices. These are some of them:
- Use fans. These devices have a lower energy consumption and also cool, can be used in those hours in which the heat is not so high and thus rest from air conditioning.
- Use awnings, blinds and curtains during the hottest hours to prevent the sun's rays from entering and warming the house. A semidarkness in the moments of greater irradiation will help to achieve a cooler environment.
- Create drafts by opening windows. Creating an air corridor between the different rooms of the house will ensure the renovation of the same, allowing a better temperature inside the home.
- Maintain a good hydration. Drinking lots of water and eating products such as watermelon or melon, as well as other fruits helps maintain the temperature in the body without using the air conditioning.
- Go to the pool. Maybe you can not play on the street, but putting on your swimsuit and going to a pool to cool off is a good idea to spend the day with the family and without using the air conditioning.
Damián Montero
