Temperature +14 at home: expert named the critical threshold for safety.

According to ТСН: In conditions of heating problems, Ukrainians are increasingly resorting to dangerous methods of heating that can cause more harm to health than cold. There is a certain temperature threshold at which it becomes dangerous to stay at home, especially if there are children in the family.

Safety expert Denis Mykhailchenko noted that if the temperature in the room drops to +14 degrees, this is a direct signal for active actions. In such conditions, the risk of serious hypothermia becomes very high.

“This is a dangerous temperature that should prompt you to take action. You should go to friends or find the nearest heating point to prevent your body from freezing,” emphasized Mykhailchenko.

What not to do

The expert also drew attention to the dangerous habit of warming up using an active gas oven or burners. This can be extremely dangerous.

Firstly, an open flame quickly “removes” oxygen from the room. Secondly, apartments often lack ventilation, creating a risk of poisoning from combustion products.

“An oven is a dangerous thing that should not be used for heating,” the expert stressed.

Another common misconception is the attempt to hermetically seal ventilation openings to keep the warmth. Mykhailchenko warns that ventilation provides access to oxygen, and without fresh air, the body cannot function properly, worsening well-being in cold conditions.

The expert also refuted the myth about the benefits of alcohol in the cold. Alcohol consumption actually creates a deceptive feeling of warmth.

“Alcohol does not warm. Blood vessels expand, and through them, our body, on the contrary, intensively loses precious heat. Additionally, alcohol dulls self-preservation instincts,” the specialist explained.

How to move to avoid freezing

To raise body temperature, you can do light physical exercises. But it is important not to overdo it and not to sweat.

“Sweat cools very quickly, and a person can freeze even faster,” summarized Denis Mykhailchenko.

It is worth noting that due to emergency and planned power outages, Ukrainians face everyday difficulties, and social networks actively share tips that help adapt to the lack of electricity. For example, Ukrainians exchange simple ways to dried their hair without a hairdryer using improvised means.