The effect of air conditioners on health

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On hot and warm weather days, many people use air conditioners in order to cool and improve the humidity of the air inside the home.

But Dr. Yelena Malinkova, Head of the Department of Virology at the Russian Medical Academy, warns against irrational use of air conditioners, because even in summer the disease can be contracted.

She points out that cooling and hypothermia contribute to the development of bacterial infections, the source of which could also be the air conditioner.

She says: “The air conditioner is a source of some types of infections. Not only Legionella, but also some viruses. Fungi also play a bad role, because inhaling fungi can cause very annoying health problems.”