Protection against Legionella
Protection against Legionella
PROTECTION AGAINST LEGIONELLA
Who does not enjoy relaxing under a hot shower. The fact that showers can cause illness or even fatality has been on everyone's lips since events reported by the world's news.
Remedy by replacing your shower head with a Legionella shower head
If you want to be on the safe side, we recommend one of our shower heads, with which you can easily filter out the Legionella. The ultra-fine membrane technology prevents bacteria and Legionella from getting out of the shower head.
The microfilter insert is changed when the pressure decreases or no water is allowed to pass through. It depends on how often is showered and how many sediments are in the water. If the water is extremely dirty, a pre-filter or our Pro6K shower filter should be installed upstream.
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MORE INFORMATION ON LEGIONELLA
1. What are Legionella and where do you possibly come from?
Legionella (legionella, legionells) are rod-shaped bacteria that live mainly in stagnant, warm water (25 ° C to 50 ° C) and die only at temperatures above 60 ° C. Hot water storage and low-flow water pipes can provide Legionella ideal distribution conditions. For humans, legionella are a danger when in large quantities via finely sprayed water (aerosols), e.g. when showering or when using whirlpools, steam saunas, inhalers and mouthwashes, and in particular when using air conditioning systems in the lungs.
2. Which diseases are caused by Legionella?
They can cause serious, life-threatening respiratory diseases. Above all, severe atypical pneumonia (legionnaires' disease) can occur. In case of illness one should point to a suspected Legionella a doctor for a possible Legionella infection. It is estimated that around 700,000 people e.g in Germany ( a country in Europe with about 83 million inhabitants) with are infected with Legionella every year, 70,000 suffer from a flu-like form, and 7,000 get severe pneumonia with up to 2,000 deaths. Often, the Legionella are recognized too late by the doctors as the cause.
3.) What are the symptoms of a Legionella disease?
The infection usually starts with cough, diarrhea and fever. Later severe lung and pleurisy may occur. (similar to symptoms like "normal" pneumonia).
Legionella can cause both severe pneumonia (legionnaires' disease) and the so-called Pontiac fever, a milder, flu-like disease, as the authority warns.
Infection via drinking water is unlikely.
4. Who is particularly vulnerable?
Above all, older people, smokers and people with weakened immune systems such as diabetics are increasingly affected.
5. How can you protect yourself from Legionella?
You can increase the temperature of your shower water over 60 ° C at regular intervals. Easier and cheaper is to use a shower head with a microfilter insert. Then go on the number "safe" - even on vacation!