The time has passed when, due to the total lack of water, people washed only once or twice a week. Probably, for every person it is now considered the norm to come home after a hard day's work and head straight to the shower. It would seem that here it is - the triumph of purity ... And here it is. Want to know what is the dirtiest place a person has? Read the article and be surprised with us.
Mistake came out!
Do you know what is the most popular answer in the world to the question "the dirtiest place on a person’s body?" Mouth. 70% of respondents to this question think so. Well, it would seem that everything is logical. A lot of bacteria and various microorganisms that cause all sorts of unpleasant diseases of the oral cavity, one should only neglect hygiene. Caries, stomatitis, thrush develop precisely because of the increased reproduction of microbes. Meanwhile, this is a very common misconception.
Yes, in the human mouth there are a lot of different microbes, but the question is not about the "densely populated" place, but about the contaminated one. Of course, there are still interesting answers, such as “ears”, “elbow bend”, “palms”, “armpits”. All these options also take place, because it is they that are most often susceptible to contamination and for this reason are very often washed and disinfected. However, these answers are not exhaustive. At the same time, they answered the question correctly and named only 3-4% of the most polluted place. And here the fun begins.
Found the dirtiest place in humans
And they found him, oddly enough, in the United States, in one of the research universities of North Carolina. Based on data received from nearly a hundred respondents, the most dirty place in a person is the navel! And really, are there many people who carefully and regularly treat this hard-to-reach part of the body? This is not a surface wash, but deep cleaning. It is unlikely that there are a lot of such people.
And meanwhile, a lot of all kinds of dirt accumulate in our navel: particles of dead skin, villi of cloth, dust, soap. Ideal habitat for bacteria. In total, up to 1400 different types of microbes can be found in the umbilical cavity, 600 of which scientists discovered just thanks to the navel. A sort of Petri dish that is used to grow colonies of microorganisms. Moreover, all new types of bacteria arise due to the fact that many people do not think at all that the navel also needs regular hygiene procedures and does not pay proper attention to it when washing.
How to get rid of dirt?
So, we found out that the dirtiest place in a person in the body is his navel. In order to proudly classify itself as the percentage of people whose navel is not a hotbed of infection, it must be regularly cleaned. This is best done after a shower by moistening a cotton swab or cotton swab with hydrogen peroxide or just soapy water and gently wiping the navel inside. And then do not forget to blot excess moisture with a towel. You can also moisten the navel and an alcohol solution, make sure only that the skin does not appear irritation. Repeat this procedure regularly so that there are no unpleasant consequences for your health.