Do you use room heaters in winter? Here is how it can be dangerous for your health

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• Dec 19, 2022 | Guriya Khatun

Allergy, Dry Skin: Heaters can irritate the eyes and create dry skin. Conjunctivitis may result as well. Dry skin can cause allergies, itching, and rashes.

Digital Desk: Curling up in your razai with the heater on in the cold is the most comforting thing there is. But, do you know? Heaters in rooms are unhealthy. Yes, you read that correctly. 

Room heaters can worsen the symptoms of dry skin and allergies. Additionally, sleeping with the heater on might increase the danger-bearing levels of carbon monoxide.

Recently, a husband and woman who were sleeping in their room with the gas heater on appear to have died from suffocation in the Sambhal area of Uttar Pradesh.

Despite being generally safe, gas heaters can sometimes leak gas if they are not installed or maintained properly.

Lack of fresh air can increase the air's quantity of deadly carbon monoxide, which can poison people and even kill them.

Allergy, Dry Skin: Heaters can irritate the eyes and create dry skin. Conjunctivitis may result as well. Dry skin can cause allergies, itching, and rashes.

These are the precautions: 

· The heater shouldn't be placed too close to any combustible materials, including paper, bedding, furniture, and blankets.

· Keep the heater off of wood, plastic, and carpeting instead, position it on a solid, non-flammable surface. 

· Pets and children should never be allowed to come close to the heater. 

· Turn off the heater and unplug it before leaving the room or going to bed to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.

· Too much carbon monoxide in the rooms might cause headaches, dizziness, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and weakness.