Mouth-nose protection helps to further reduce the general infection risk from coronavirus. Consequently, almost all virologists, epidemiologists and medical hygiene professionals, the federal government and all state premiers have clearly and emphatically recommended wearing face masks. Despite this, rumours have been circulating about the health risks associated with masks: Does mouth protection make you tired quickly? Doesn’t it increase the concentration of CO2 in the blood? Isn’t it dangerous for children? The Trotec Advisor has answers to these questions – and Trotec has the solutions for effective mouth-nose protection.
Do masks make you tired and lead to loss of concentration?
A study from 15 years ago is repeatedly cited, which specifically investigated masks for medical personnel. These individuals often had to wear surgical masks for hours at a time – not merely for a brief outing to the supermarket. In fact, the CO2 concentration in the blood can increase by inhaling and exhaling under a well sealed mask. Nevertheless, this amounts to an increase of twenty-five percent when worn for an hour, which drops rapidly again after removing the mask according to the study. This would not result in any heart irregularities or problems relating to fine motor skills. Only highly sensitive individuals would possibly feel sight tiredness.
Conclusion: The slight increase in tiredness that may occur when wearing a mask for a longer period is practically negligible in comparison to the protective effect. The fatigue effect is not serious and somewhat improbable.
Do masks enable more and not less germs to enter the lungs?
It’s sometimes claimed that wearing a mask “brings germs into the lungs”. Infection experts at university clinics, whose teams work daily with masks, emphatically refute this as incorrect and unfounded. They are not aware of any studies concerning increased lung diseases among clinic staff who regularly wear masks. It is important to only touch the masks with clean hands and only hold them at the bands and rubber – not the material surface. You should also store masks in a clean place, even after washing.
Conclusion: The opposite is true: If masks are cleaned properly and regularly and worn correctly, they will not introduce any germs into the lungs but instead protect you against germs.
Aren’t masks dangerous for children?
Chain letters on WhatsApp warn about allowing children under twelve to wear masks, as children might “not get enough air” and the CO2 accumulating under the mask could lead to respiratory paralysis. But in this context we should bear in mind that central respiratory paralysis is usually associated with fatigue through to impairment of consciousness. Before a relevant respiratory paralysis results, you would notice how the child becomes unusually tired. What’s more, medical specialists have observed that children suffering from cancer or children in Asia often wear their masks for the whole day without losing consciousness.
Conclusion: Experienced doctors from clinical routine simply shake their head when confronted with such views: The unanimous response is that there is no information indicating a hazard – let alone any evidence.
Doesn’t the risk of infection increase if children play with masks?
The president of the association of paediatricians and adolescent doctors Thomas Fischbach warned against making it compulsory for nursery children to wear masks. Many would tend to regard the mouth-nose protection “as a toy and consequently play around with it, thereby increasing the risk of infection even more”, was his statement to the newspapers of the Funke Media Group.
Conclusion: From the viewpoint of developmental psychology, compulsory mask wearing is only advisable from primary school age upwards. At that age, children are usually able to wear the masks sensibly.
Don’t masks also contain harmful substances?
Allegations have been made that purchased masks contain harmful substances that you inhale. Actually, you should remember that masks are provided with all requisite test marks and their origin is documented – as is precisely the case for the disposable mouth-nose protection from Trotec.
Conclusion: At least with surgical masks, no negative effects (such as increased cases of lung diseases among doctors and hospital staff) have been observed, not even over longer periods.
Isn’t wearing a mask problematic for asthmatics?
Time and again, the question gets asked whether mouth protection could lead to problems for asthmatics. Intensive-care doctors have emphatically denied such a situation – as long as the asthma is not due to an allergy against the materials from which the mask is made. Asthmatics should therefore carefully consider what material their mask is made from.
Conclusion: When it comes to asthma and other chronic diseases of the respiratory tract in the early stage, wearing a mask should not present any problems for most patients: They already have a low oxygen pressure and therefore breathe faster. This tends to reduce the concentration of CO2 in the blood.
Do masks also help if infected people cough intensively?
As an argument against the compulsory wearing of masks, sceptics are keen to refer to current experiments documented in the “Annals of Internal Medicine”. In a study conducted by scientists from Seoul, four Covid-19 patients from South Korea coughed five times onto a Petri dish located 20 centimetres from their face. The first time the patients did not wear any mask, the second time a surgical mask, the fourth time a cotton mask and the fourth time no mask. The result: Neither the surgical mask nor the cotton mask filtered out Sars-CoV-2 effectively if the infected patients coughed. But infection experts do not regard this study as evidence for the ineffectiveness of masks in everyday life: There are hardly any real-life situations in which you are coughed on directly, they added. Above all, masks would help to collect droplets when talking. As a result, masks would be suitable for preventing infections in most important situations.
Conclusion: Abundant evidence has long been accrued regarding the general effectiveness of masks – for infectious SARS diseases and for private households.
Disposable mouth-nose mask in pack of 50 – from Trotec
Despite the exaggerated prophesies of doom by sceptics and disreputable rumours by scaremongers: Mouth-nose protection effectively helps to combat infection according to the unanimous opinion of most experts in this field. As a result, Trotec also offers you high-quality three-ply mouth-nose masks with documented origin. The masks fulfil the performance requirement of GB/T 32610-2016 and are available shrink-wrapped with foil in packs of 50. The mouth-nose masks can be worn with a high level of comfort thanks to their anatomically adjustable fit plus edges made of smooth non-woven material. The flexible rubber bands and individually adjustable nose clips also reduce the sensation of pressure while wearing the mask.
- 3-ply mouth-nose mask in pack of 50
- High quality and skin friendly
- Mouth-nose mask that is very comfortable to wear thanks to elastic rubber bands and nose clips
- Fulfils the performance requirement of GB/T 32610-2016
- Colour: blue
- Immediately available and free shipping throughout Germany!
Benefit from Trotec brand quality as a guarantee of high value, safety and functionality. Order the disposable mouth-nose masks in a pack of 50 today and take advantage of our current offer of just £46.00 incl. VAT, reduced from £82.76 – now in the Trotec shop!
Please note: This involves a hygiene article, which is sealed for reasons of health protection and hygiene and which is no longer suitable for return once the seal is opened.
