八大健康习惯误区你中了吗_公共英语阅读理解

八大健康习惯误区你中了吗

Plus, your skin is an effective block against any microbes. (Unless, of course, you have a cut or open wound there, which could allow the bacteria to get in.)

此外，皮肤能够有效抵御任何微生物。（除非你有开放性伤口，这可能让细菌趁机而入。）

3. Applying hand sanitizer.

使用洗手液

If you wash your hands regularly throughout the day, hand sanitizer is almost entirely unnecessary. Plus, it can't kill all the germs that plain old soap and water can.

如果你每天经常洗手，那么几乎没必要使用洗手液。而且洗手液并不能杀死普通香皂和水能杀死的全部细菌。

Norovirus and C. difficile, for example, are immune to sanitizing gels.

例如，消毒凝胶剂对诺瓦克病毒和梭状芽孢杆菌没有效果。

4. Ear candling.

耳烛疗法

The practice of ear candling - yes, ear candling - involves putting a lit, cone-shaped candle inside your ear. People who do it say it's helpful for relieving earwax and treating some infections. According to the Mayo Clinic, not so much.

耳烛疗法就是把点燃的锥形蜡烛伸进耳朵里。耳烛疗者认为这样有助于去除耳垢，治疗某些感染。据梅约疗养院（注：美国著名私人医院）称，耳烛疗法其实没有这么多疗效。

"Research shows," they write, "that ear candling is ineffective at removing earwax and is also not an effective treatment for any other conditions." Plus, the practice can end up pushing earwax deeper into your ear. Even worse, you can burn your face, hair, scalp, or ear. So don't.