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Krankmacher at Work

1st Ventilation:
Fresh air is in many offices in short supply. Rule of thumb: All three hours for five minutes the windows wide open. Even if the office on a busy street, the pollution is tolerable. Air conditioning systems do not allow colds or concentration disrupting. They spread germs into all areas of a building. Also: if you have a window, air conditioning, and despite air.

2nd Lamps:
Improper lighting leads to headaches and eye burning. Ophthalmologists recommend a brightness from 400 to 600 lux, which represents a 60-watt Glübirne in 1.50 metres. Dimmer adjust the lighting conditions to light. Punktartiges light from desk lamps überanstrengt eyes quickly. In general, light parallel to the view direction. Workers rely on the display screen regulation, Annex 16th The calls lamps, not hide, and adjustable sun protection.

3rd Temperature:
Workplaces guidelines require an ideal temperature in offices from 20 to 22 degrees. In the summer, the thermometer inside sometimes up to 26 degrees. rise. However, the work performance at even higher temperatures well. Physical rule: If the room temperature, reduce the relative humidity. Long-term can lead to chronic respiratory infections. So offices not overheat.

4th Printer:
In Action encounter laser printer toxic substances such as benzene and styrene. The inhalation, the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose and bronchi irritate. Lots of fresh air distributes the gases. Important: The ausströmende air must not jump to the workplace. Best option: Out with the troublemakers peace. The same applies to noisy dot matrix printer.

5th Office chair:
Poor posture triggers tension, the discs suffer through miscarriage or overload. The right to körpergerechte office chairs is in the annex to the display screen regulation, paragraph 11 certificates. Ergonomic Do: 40 to 50 centimeters high backrest and swivel function. For unverkrampftes work should the front seat to fall. Older models seat equip workers with wedges of Health. Frequent change of attitude helps with Stehpulten or knee seats and seat balls. Replace the ergonomic desk chair is not.

6th Monitor:
Screen work is maximum performance for the eyes. Reflections on the Write Matt strict addition. Is the monitor directly in front of the windows, hides the sun, and the bright light weakens the screen contrasts. PC users sitting with her back to the window reflected clouds or opposite the building on the monitor. Reflection-free work is possible if the screen at right angles to the window. So hochkrempeln sleeves and the screen change.

7th Bildschirmflimmern:
The refresh rate is how often the image on the screen per second rebuilt. After the display screen regulation, the value of 73 Hz, recommended more than 85 Hz If the number is below the minimum threshold, his chief of staff to push new acquisition - the health of the employee's sake. A low frequency leads to the effort of the eyes. Especially augenschonend because flicker-free, flat screens. When there is no legal entitlement.

8th Desk:
For the surface: visors. After the display screen regulation, the table does not reflect or irritation. This means that black and white or eliminated. Matt gray mouse makes the race. Tip: A grey desk edition swallows the light.

9th Cable:
Not only order fanatics rümpfen of cable clutter the nose. Verhedderte build cable electromagnetic fields. The nervousness or can cause headaches. Tips: untangle cables, mice aufrollen in cable or many short cables to connect multiple plugs.

10th Flooring:
The false covering burdened air and health. The best are natural materials such as linoleum, floor, cork. In carpets feel well house dust mites, allergies react with respiratory tract irritation. Synthetic rubber coverings can be carcinogenic gases such as rivet ausdünsten Rosa mine. Who needs to work, you ask for the control of air Chad substance values to the employer. If on the deaf ear, provide staff councils, security officers or doctors Protect assistance.

11st Plants:
Green is an important tool Müllschlucker in the office. In green office employees rarely complain of nervousness, infections, headaches or cardiovascular problems. Explanation: plants convert the people of exhaled carbon dioxide into oxygen. The largest green area, the more effective the conversion work. Fast-growing plants are fine. Schadstofffresser are special ivy, green lily, or Dragon Ficus tree. Important: Before office clerks to gardeners, they must be their bosses to be okay for the office greening ask.

Tips for dealing with allergies

The prevention of allergies contacts is always the most important strategy to prevent unpleasant allergy complaints to protect:

Pollen:
Do you plan to leave and trips to the Pollen calendar or the local predictions. And let a pollen filter in the ventilation of the car's instructions. The best time for walking or jogging hours immediately after a rain cast, then the air is especially clear.

Room air:
When airing note: in the city morning and fly morning less pollen, in the country Late afternoon and evening. Mold and mite allergies should be regularly durchlüften. Your charming Quälgeister are dust and like a hot humid climate. In any case, we recommend that regular vacuuming eyes - look on with special Micro Devices filters. And to avoid unnecessary dust.

Strain:
Especially in the high phase of your allergy, you should not additional strain. Z.B. Car exhaust can the allergic reaction to pollen worsen, and high levels of ozone stressen the body. Smoking is not only a cancer risk, secretes also promotes the onset of allergies, especially among children.

Career choice:
Let the doctor advised, because not everyone is training for allergic or asthmatic suitable, for example Hairdresser.

Showers and Maintain:
As a pollen allergy, if you come home at night, change clothes, shower and wash their hair. Use mild skin care products, which do not irritate the skin and may trigger eczema. For allergy to preservatives in the ingredients of products eighth.

Cleaning and washing:
If possible little skin contact is the motto, the same is true for water: Too much washing hands or showering attacks the skin and makes them very porous and fragile. Then eincremen. The best washing powder without dye and perfume additives.

Wasps and bees:
Outdoor nothing sweet to eat or drink (Wasps also love ham), perfume and grellbunte, fluttering clothing refrain, not run barefoot and "visual contact? absolutely calm, not herumfuchteln.

Indicator for allergies

Registration:
Juckende and red eyes, itchy throat as through food, Fließschnupfen, stuffy nose and sneezing irritation to respiratory problems and irritation cough.

Skin features:
Juckende hives, as after contact with a nettle (hives), swelling as after a trick, red itchy eczema e.g. by metal buttons

Alert:
Anaphylaktischer shock: tingling in the palms and soles, itching all over the body, paleness, vomiting, palpitations, sweating, circulatory collapse is possible - Emergency call!

The most common allergy triggers

Allergy hit parade. Figures in percent of the population. Many people respond to several allergy triggers, so the misleading total of 66%.

3% insecticide:
After a random states with an allergy to act quickly. Each year more than 3000 Affected by a doctor supplies. The often violent reaction can be fatal to otherwise shock. An emergency pharmacy should always be there.

3% latex:
This is particularly allergy doctors and medical personnel. They must have at the eighth latex rubber materials, such as Gloves. Beware of cross-reactions with bananas, avocados and the popular indoor plant Ficus benjamini.

5% Pharmaceuticals:
The antibiotic penicillin is a known trigger for drug allergies. But many react to certain drugs with more intolerant (Pseudoallergie) than with a real allergy, for example, the painkiller Acetylalicylsäure.

6% Moulds:
With the start of the Heizsaison is usually started: cold, watery eyes and sneezing stimulus plagued the allergy. The reason for this is through the air swirling mold spores. Important: regular air, wet areas and dry wall posts and eliminate fungus, in the summer wet grass and earth to avoid.

6% food:
At the top of the charts: glutenhaltige cereals, followed by chicken eggs, nuts, soy, milk, fish and shellfish. The seasoning celery is one of them. An genuine allergies only about 1% of the population, for most it is an intolerance. -- Common: Cross hay fever allergies

7% Nickel:
The earlier children e.g. Earrings get, the greater their risk for a nickel contact allergy. Incidentally, gold and sterling silver not quite nickel, for example, is better Titan. This is particularly true for the current modern piercing rings.

10% house dust mites:
Who throughout the year lower cold suffers, could be an allergy to house dust mites have developed. These spiders animals or their aftermath are almost everywhere in the dust. They love especially mattresses, carpets, Knudles, curtains and Bettvorleger. Children need but not to their beloved teddy refrain when he regularly washed at 60 degrees or on ice? .

10% animal hair:
Even if the guinea pig is still as sweet: allergic reactions should be better in other hands emergence faithful against cat and dog hair. But not the hair itself allergen effect, but the animal liable to saliva. In infants and small children should first renounce entirely on pets, even though the experts here do not quite agree.

16% flower pollen:
In Germany suffer at least 16% of the population to hay fever or pollen allergy. The complaints can be in spring with the first flowers of hazel, alder or birch begin throughout the summer triggered by grasses, so they finally fall in with the Verblühen of mugwort to end. That unlucky but not all, most react to individual pollen groups such as Grasses.

Living toxins from fungi and plant protection products

From asthma to concentration disorders: These symptoms are the first warning signs:

Moulds:
Asthma, colds, cough, allergic skin reactions, headaches, fatigue, mucous membrane irritation.

Solvents and formaldehyde:
Mucous membrane irritation, respiratory diseases, organ damage, headaches, allergies, nausea, concentration disorders.

Wood and plant protection products:
Headache, joint and muscle pain, dizziness, insomnia and appetite, skin irritation, liver damage, psych.

Heavy metals:
allergic skin reactions, brain, nerve and organ damage, behavioral disorders.

Tips for allergic rhinitis

If you have hay fever, consider these tips:

- Find out against what pollen you are allergic. This is best for your family physician.

- Find out in a <> Pollen calendar on the occurrence of pollen to which you are allergic response.

- Learn about the current Pollen warnings in daily newspapers and radio.

- Pollen will mainly be released the morning, usually around six clock: Uncover therefore your bedroom at night, close the window in the early morning and keep it closed during the day.

- Keep up for you during the critical Pollen little time as possible outdoors and avoid strenuous sporting activities.

- Put your vacation as possible in the time of your pollen and stay in pollenarme areas on the coast or in the mountains.

- Wash your hair daily, because there are pollen.

- For car trips should the windows closed. If your car does not pollen filter, ask your dealer if you can retrofit this filter.

- Wear glasses or sunglasses to the pollen from the eyes to keep away.

Help with seasickness

The most important rule: Hinaus on deck, breathe fresh air and look to the horizon. There the eye rest.

In the middle between the bow and stern remain there rocks the ship is at least.

A half-spoon ginger tea powder or tablet calms the digestive tract for several hours. Pressure bracelets, called the Nei-kuan point (two thumbs under the broad wrist) stimulate apply rather than faith.

For stubborn cases will help the ship's doctor with medication: Drama mine in tablet form dampen the activity of the central nervous system. If you have nothing more to eat, receives an injection with promethazine. That is the feeling of nausea for four to five days.