Nighttime pacer
09-05-23, 00:20
Hi All,
I’m so annoyed with myself. My health anxiety’s been so much better lately and now tonight it’s suddenly attacked me again.
As it has become more humid in the UK today I decided to turn on my dehumidifier unit (a compressor stand alone box on wheels type) to dry the air out a bit in my bungalow. I’m now panicking that as I hadn’t used it for about 6 months and it had just been sitting in the hall without a cover on it, it may have got contaminated or some stale water might have still been inside and I could now get legionnaires disease. Legionnaires disease has always been a big trigger for me and I know you can get it from stagnant water which has been kept above 20 degrees Celsius for a while, which is why I know you could potentially get it from a humidifier if the water isn’t changed often enough. As a dehumidifier collects water from the air and then drops it into a bucket which you empty and mine had been emptied and thoroughly air dried before I stopped using it 6 months ago, I’m hoping I might be alright. I can’t find anything definite online so I’m now panicking.
Sorry about the long post.
Nighttime pacer
I’m so annoyed with myself. My health anxiety’s been so much better lately and now tonight it’s suddenly attacked me again.
As it has become more humid in the UK today I decided to turn on my dehumidifier unit (a compressor stand alone box on wheels type) to dry the air out a bit in my bungalow. I’m now panicking that as I hadn’t used it for about 6 months and it had just been sitting in the hall without a cover on it, it may have got contaminated or some stale water might have still been inside and I could now get legionnaires disease. Legionnaires disease has always been a big trigger for me and I know you can get it from stagnant water which has been kept above 20 degrees Celsius for a while, which is why I know you could potentially get it from a humidifier if the water isn’t changed often enough. As a dehumidifier collects water from the air and then drops it into a bucket which you empty and mine had been emptied and thoroughly air dried before I stopped using it 6 months ago, I’m hoping I might be alright. I can’t find anything definite online so I’m now panicking.
Sorry about the long post.
Nighttime pacer