Do you wear a surgical mask? It can help you a lot in preventing various diseases!
In recent years, the number of people wearing masks is increasing, and pharmacies are dealing with high volume of surgical mask sales.
- To prevent contamination from your fingers. By wearing mask, you hinder your unconscious dirty finger from touching your nose or mouth.
- To prevent the spread of infection. Wearing surgical masks helps prevent you from infecting others or spreading the infection to the public. This is a common practice in Japan and also in other Asian countries like in some parts of China and Korea, for people who are sick.
- Because of allergies. Wearing mask because of an allergy is not as common as wearing it because of illness. Nevertheless, it helps prevent some kinds of allergies, like pollen allergy. One notable example is during hay fever season in Japan where wearing masks are commonplace.
