What if you become especially lethargic indoors? 

As the wind cools, the boiler temperature rises and the windows are often closed, and if you live like this, the interior becomes dry and the air quality deteriorates, which can lead to "heating bottles." Heating disease, like air conditioning disease in summer, is a disease caused by poor ventilation to maintain indoor temperature. In particular, it has become more difficult to avoid heating diseases as the time spent indoors due to COVID-19.

When you get a heating bottle, your headache continues and you become lethargic. In addition, the eyes, nose, and neck sting and the chest feel stuffy or dizzy, so the eyes suddenly become dark. Therefore, if you stay indoors where the heater is operated all day, you need to be careful even if you have no symptoms.

[Heating bottle self-check]

1. Headache and tingling time gets longer and longer.

2. My eyes, nose and throat are dry and in severe cases it stings and hurts.

3. My chest is stuffy

4. Dizzy and suddenly dark in front of me.

5. Suddenly I'm behind in thinking of something.

6. Inefficient and lethargic.

7. My back, knees, wrists, and other joints are throbbing.

8. My hands and feet are swollen and numb.

To prevent heat sickness? 

The best way is to ventilate periodically. Even if the weather is cold, it is recommended to open the window for about five minutes every two to three hours to ventilate. In addition, when you enter the room, you may operate the heater strongly thinking of raising the temperature quickly, and you should be careful because the body's immunity may weaken due to a sharp temperature difference. Excessive use of heaters is also a problem, but indoor dust floating in the air is also a cause of heating diseases.

It's better to clean it more often than usual, but if it's hard, spraying water in the air to temporarily sink the dust to the floor is also a way. Sanghoon Lee, director of The Zone Oriental Medicine Hospital, said, "It is recommended to stretch for about 20 minutes a day even if you are only inside the house. In particular, it is recommended to develop basic physical strength through exercise and diet for those who are sensitive to cold and hot weather. "

PLUS TIP

How to stay warm with less heating equipment on

It's better to open curtains at sunset so that the house gets as much heat as possible during the day. On the other hand, the curtains should be closed immediately to prevent the heat from entering when the sun sets.

Lugging the floor

Lugging or carpeting not only transfers heat to the floor quickly, but also keeps the floor warm for a long time.Turn on the

humidifier first

If the humidity is high, the heat is transferred quickly, driving air circulation, which quickly spreads warm warmth.

Dress warmly indoors

It is recommended to maintain body temperature with underwear or sleeping socks even indoors. If your body is warm, you can turn on relatively little boiler even if the indoor air is cool.