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you know?
Reverse osmosis is the finest water filtration method known. This process will
allow the removal of particles as small as ions from a solution. It is used
to purify water and remove salts and other impurities in order to improve the
color, taste or properties of the fluid. R.O. uses a membrane that is semi-permeable,
allowing the fluid that is being purified to pass through it, while rejecting
other ions and contaminants from passing.
This technology uses a process
known as crossflow to allow the r.o. membrane to continually clean itself. This
is the reason of why an r.o. element can last many years before clogging or
need replacement. This
water purification process requires a driving force to push the fluid through
the membrane, and the most common force is household water pressure or pressure
from a booster pump. The higher the pressure, the larger the driving force and
efficiency.
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Water can prevent and alleviate many of our symptoms
Can
shower or bath water cause rashes?
Water urticaria,
or aquagenic urticaria, is a rare condition in which hives develop within
1 to 15 minutes after contact with water. The hives last for 10 to 120
minutes and do not seem to be caused by histamine release like the other
physical hives. Most investigators believe that this condition is actually
exquisite skin sensitivity to additives in the water such as chlorine.
How do you
know if you or a loved on has it? Water urticaria is diagnosed by applying
tap water and distilled water to the skin and observing the reaction.
What is the treatment? Water urticaria is treated with a cream called
capsaicin (Zostrix) that is applied to the irritated skin. This is the
same treatment used for shingles. Antihistamines are of questionable benefit
since histamine is not the causative factor in water urticaria.
Other Causes
of Rashes.
Heat rash.
Heat can bring urticaria out, or make it worse.
Chronic 'idiopathic'
urticaria. By far the commonest form of urticaria, which lasts a long
time. A puzzling name for a puzzling condition.
Cold Urticaria.
If cold brings out your hives, take great care to avoid falling in the
water, and see a specialist.
Pressure
Urticaria. There are at least two completely different kinds of urticaria
brought on by pressure on the skin.
Cholinergic
urticaria. Tiny hives when you get hot. Sunlight can cause urticaria:
Solar urticaria.
Hives caused only by direct sunlight, a rather rare condition. The much
more common 'polymorphous light eruption' can be mislabeled as solar urticaria.
Vasculitic
urticaria, urticarial vasculitis.
Contact urticaria.
Hives from allergy to things touching the skin.
Urticaria
caused by aspirin, and by food coloring and preservatives, and salicylates.
The commonest discoverable cause of chronic urticaria, which you can do
something about. The dietitian may make tablets unnecessary, but aspirin
and some other painkillers could be dangerous.
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