Intertrigo is also more common in adults with incontinence, obesity, diabetes, or a weakened immune system.

Most cases occur in hot or humid environments and during the summer. In babies, it is often called diaper rash. While it can happen at any age, intertrigo tends to affect infants, older people, and those with a reduced ability to move around. The warm, damp environment makes the skin conducive to irritation and the growth of yeast and bacteria, which can lead to an infection. Test quarterly.Areas of moist skin rubbing together cause intertrigo. These outlets sense the length of the cord by timing the reversals, and they cut off power if a cord is too long. AC power is “alternating current,” which means the flow of electricity is regularly reversed. It’s very likely there are two buttons between the two plug insertion points, one labeled “TEST” and the other “RESET.” What do they do? Are you supposed to be testing your wall socket?Ī) They’re a safety device aimed at preventing the use of long cords-especially extension cords-which would increase the likelihood of a device getting near water. Who indeed? Next time you’re in your bathroom, have a look at the electrical sockets.

Who by fire, as Leonard Cohen wondered? Who by “something blunt”? And who, in Season 1, Episode 5, by bathtub electrocution?

As the series seemed to enjoy demonstrating, there are lots of ways to go. For previous columns, click here to submit your own suggestions, see the e-mail address below.Īmong the many good reasons to watch the TV series Six Feet Under were the grisly, sometimes funny, and occasionally moving death scenes that opened nearly every episode.

Once again we’re trying to dispel a modern mystery that lurks in plain sight. For previous columns, click here to submit your own suggestions, see the e-mail address below.

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