What are the symptoms of excessive formaldehyde in children?

The problem of formaldehyde exceeding the standard is an issue that cannot be ignored, especially when decorating a new home. Formaldehyde exceeding the standard not only affects your own health, but is a threat to the health of everyone in the family. Children, in particular, have poor physical resistance. Formaldehyde exceeding the standard may cause children to cough, cold, sore throat, skin allergies, etc., and these adverse symptoms may occur.

1. Children often cough

Generally, children's physical resistance is weaker than that of adults, so sometimes even though adults are fine, children often cough and sneeze. At this time, parents should pay attention to whether the formaldehyde level in the room exceeds the standard.

2. Colds in children

If the formaldehyde content exceeds the standard, it will cause the human body's resistance to decline, which will directly affect physical health. The most obvious thing is that it is easy to catch a cold and the body's resistance is very weak.

3. Throat discomfort

Although no one smokes at home, the baby still often feels uncomfortable in the throat and even has difficulty breathing, which is also a manifestation of excessive formaldehyde.

4. Skin allergies

Formaldehyde is highly allergenic. If you often experience skin allergies and cannot find the allergen, you should consider whether the formaldehyde level in your home exceeds the standard.

5. Open doors and windows frequently

Open doors and windows frequently to allow air convection to dissipate formaldehyde, so that it will not always stay indoors and cause the indoor formaldehyde concentration to increase. When decorating, even if you choose environmentally friendly decorative materials, the indoor formaldehyde content is still very high. At this time, a strong pungent smell will be obviously smelled indoors. Experts suggest that the new house needs to be "aired out" for more than half a year before living in it.

6. When “drying the house”, you need to open all the doors and windows to allow air convection.

Newly purchased beds, cabinets and other wooden furniture should also be placed in the new house to be ventilated to remove formaldehyde. Because these wooden products may also contain high levels of formaldehyde, if they are placed indoors upon moving in, formaldehyde poisoning may also occur.