I have a friend who has been working on his new house for half a year. Ten days after she moved into the new house, her baby started coughing. It turned out to be formaldehyde poisoning. Therefore, young parents must not take it lightly.
If the baby has the following symptoms, you should pay attention:
1. Cough or sneeze often at home.
If formaldehyde exceeds the standard, it will reduce the body's resistance. The most obvious feature is that it is easy to catch a cold. In particular, the baby's resistance is weaker than that of adults, and the immune system is not fully developed, which is more prone to formaldehyde poisoning or serious harm to the body. If the baby often has a sore throat, poor breathing and frequent colds, it may be that the baby is poisoned by formaldehyde as long as the above symptoms are relieved after leaving home.
Second, the throat is uncomfortable and breathing is not smooth.
If no one smokes at home, or the smell of oil smoke is not heavy, the baby often feels hoarse, dry and breathless, which may be the baby's formaldehyde poisoning. Moreover, excessive formaldehyde will increase the incidence of asthma in children. According to statistics, the prevalence rate of asthma in children in China is 2%-5%, and the prevalence rate of children aged 1-5 is as high as 85%. Formaldehyde has become the main cause of asthma in children.
Third, scratch your skin often.
Formaldehyde is highly allergic. If the child is often allergic to the skin, there will be red lumps and erythema for no reason, and it is not caused by mosquito bites. If you can't find the allergen, it may be that the formaldehyde content in your home exceeds the standard.
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The method of efficient in addition to formaldehyde:
1. Formaldehyde may "haunt" during the period of 3- 15. We can't judge the existence of formaldehyde by smelling pungent odor, and we can't take it lightly. The simplest and best way is to use an air purifier and choose a trusted brand purifier, because a good brand air purifier has stronger functions of filtering PM2.5 and adsorbing formaldehyde than ordinary brands, and can remove formaldehyde more effectively.
Second, the most common place where formaldehyde appears is furniture, especially children's furniture. Those colorful beautiful children's beds, children's desks and chairs are all potential crises. Therefore, parents should pay attention to choose furniture with environmental protection signs when purchasing children's furniture, and try to avoid too bright colors.
Third, curtains are the most easily overlooked. In many links such as printing and dyeing, many different dyes, auxiliaries and finishing agents are added to curtains. These substances all contain a certain amount of formaldehyde, and younger babies at home may come into contact with curtains during crawling. Parents should pay attention to choosing shrink-proof, wrinkle-resistant and soft ones, and also pay attention to whether the fabric label indicates the formaldehyde content.