2024-04-14 12:04:56
Updated Sunday, April 14, 2024 – 14:04
That everyone changes their underwear every day may seem like something we take for granted, but from my work experience I can assure you that this is not always the case. This writer has seen and had to smell things that he would like to forget.
Those who have the bad habit By not changing your underwear every day you are putting yourself at risk. serious risk to your health, It is something that goes beyond basic hygiene.
What data do we have?
A survey carried out in the United States revealed that 45% of Americans do not change their underwear every day, carrying it for two days or more. As if that were not enough, 13% admitted to having worn the same panties or boxers for more than seven days in a row.
In United Kingdom The results improve, but not too much either, and the fact is that 21% say they wear their underwear for several days.
In Spain we do not have data They help us understand our habits in this sense, but they may not be very different.
Is changing it once a day enough?
Generally speaking, it is, but it is something that will depend on our lifestyle habits. For example After doing physical exercise we should change our underwearsince the load of sweat impregnated in it is significant and therefore the risk of infections increases.
If we spend hours in a very hot environment We may also have to change our underwear more than once a day, just like those women with heavy menstrual cycles. Of course We will also change it after having sexual relations due to the high load of body fluids it will contain.
What do we do with the bra?
Even though this underwear is more than a hundred years old, there is no consensus on how many days it can be worn until it is put in the washing machine. The data tells us that, in Spain, 7 out of 10 women wash their bra between once a week and once a month. A fairly wide margin.
The most advisable thing from a health point of view is wash the bra after three or four uses, and never use the same one for two days in a row. Outside of this recommendation, of course, are bras used for sports since they must go into the washing machine every time they are used.
The consequences of repeating underwear
Dermatitis. At the end of the day our underwear is dirty, although we may not see it with the naked eye, but it will contain remains of urine and other secretions con a very different pH than our skin. This may be enough for, if we do not change that underwear, irritations and dermatitis to occur on our skin that will cause annoying itching or even hives and wounds with the risk of becoming infected.
Urine infections. If something is not missing in our intimate area, both for men and women, it is humidity and heat; and that means bacteria have the perfect environment to proliferate. These bacteria come from urethral, vaginal and anal secretions that human beings expel every day and that end up in our underwear. Microorganisms such as the dangerous E-Coli, which if we let it proliferate by not changing our underwear can easily end up generating a urinary tract infection.
Fungus. One of the most common fungal infections in the intimate area is candidiasis genital. And it is that the humidity, dirt and heat The one we were talking about is also the ideal environment for fungi to proliferate until they cause discomfort that can be difficult to eradicate. By changing underwear every day we will help avoid these infections.
Bad smell. One of the first consequences of repeating underwear will be bad odor, and the bacteria that cause it will begin to reproduce at high speed. Also poor hygiene of the intimate area of men and women, which usually goes in parallel to the fact of repeating underwear, may be the cause of the accumulation of sweat, dead cells, bacteria and other debris.
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