How to choose adult diapers? Look at this article is enough!

Speaking of diapers, many people will first think of children, but diapers are not exclusive supplies for infants and toddlers. By the end of 2022, China's elderly population has increased to 280 million, accounting for 19.8% of the country's population, including a considerable number of disabled and disabled elderly, adult diapers, nursing pads have become necessary daily necessities for this special group and the incontinent elderly. However, the endless brands and dazzling adult diaper products on the market often make consumers who are unfamiliar with such products unable to start.

What is the difference between the transportable fluorescent substance and the familiar fluorescent whitening agent?

Fluorescent brightener is a fluorescent dye that fluoresces blue-purple under ultraviolet light and is mainly added to laundry detergents, paper products and textiles to achieve a whiter look. Portable fluorescent substances can be transferred from objects to the human body through contact and have the potential to pose a health hazard. In order to ensure the safety of consumers, national standards stipulate that adult diapers should not contain portable fluorescent substances.

Can portable fluorescent substances be measured at home?

Some people will buy a fluorescent detector pen or UV lamp to detect fluorescent whitening agents, which is effective but not accurate. There is a wide range of natural fluorescent substances in nature, such as some fruits, cottonseeds, fingernails under ultraviolet irradiation will appear weak fluorescence phenomenon, these natural fluorescent substances are safe and harmless. Therefore, even if the fluorescence phenomenon is illuminated with the detector pen, it is not certain that these fluorescent substances will be transferred to the human body during use.

In addition to portable fluorescent substances, the permeability, formaldehyde content, pH, etc. of adult diapers are key indicators to determine the quality of a diaper.

Index 1: permeability

According to the results of sampling in recent years, the overall pass rate of penetration performance of adult diapers on the market is relatively high. Among them, the unqualified items are mainly the amount of seepage in the permeability performance. The amount of reosmosis refers to the amount of liquid that is returned to the diaper surface layer under certain pressure after the diaper absorbs a certain amount of liquid. If the amount of reosmosis is too high, it means that the diaper can not absorb and fix the liquid well, which is easy to make the environment of the diaper wet, causing the user to feel airtight and uncomfortable, and the urine from the seepage repeatedly contacts with the skin, and may cause inflammation and affect health.

Indicator 2: pH value

The sebum membrane of the surface skin of the human body is weakly acidic, and the pH value is about 5.5~6.5. Diaper products with a pH value close to the skin are relatively more skin-friendly and comfortable. The national standard GB/T 28004.2-2021 stipulates that the pH of adult diapers, nappies and care pads should be between 4.0 and 8.0. Too high or too low pH will stimulate the skin and destroy the pH balance of human skin. Long-term use of diapers with unqualified pH value may cause damage to the sebum membrane on the skin surface, resulting in skin redness, allergies and other symptoms, and even the risk of bacterial invasion and skin infection.

Index three: formaldehyde content

Formaldehyde is a colorless, pungent odor gas that has great harm to the human nervous system and respiratory system, and was identified as a Class A carcinogen by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2017. The raw materials of nappies generally do not contain formaldehyde, which is most likely from adhesives, printing inks and solvent residues added during the production process. Adult diaper users are mostly the elderly, patients, such people generally have low immunity and resistance, if long-term use of formaldehyde content of diapers products, light may cause headaches, dizziness, sore throat, eye discomfort and other symptoms, heavy will cause skin allergies, and even induce leukemia, throat cancer and other serious.

Shopping guide

How to distinguish the quality of adult diapers, choose a suitable diaper? In the purchase should pay attention to "a look, two touch, three smell, four tests, five questions."

A look: annotation information is not complete?

Adult diapers should be marked on the packaging of the product name, product standard number, implementation of health standards number, production license number, production enterprise name and address, main raw materials, product specifications, product grade, production date and expiration date and other information, but also pay attention to check the outer packaging of the product when purchasing, to ensure that there is no damage and pollution.

Two touch: Is the comfort level high?

The surface of the diaper should be clean, free of impurities, soft and comfortable when touched by hand, no hard block, no powder, no hair, high-quality skin-friendly surface material can reduce the friction on the wearer's skin.

Three smells: Is there a pungent smell?

Diapers in the processing of the use of a lot of raw materials and auxiliary materials, such as pulp, elastic line, adhesive, printing ink, etc., if the diapers smell irritating odor, may be the use of inferior materials, try not to buy the use, choose no odor, printing less products.

Four tests: Absorption is good?

You can pour a certain amount of water directly on the diaper, observe the water absorption and absorption rate of the diaper, put dry paper towels on it, gently press it, if the paper towels are not wet, it indicates that the water absorption of the diaper is better.

Five questions: Is it good to be obedient?

Stretch the waist circumference of the diaper with your hand, and the diapers with good stretch and strong elasticity are more comfortable to wear. According to the actual needs to choose the appropriate model, too large is easy to cause side leakage or back leakage, too small will have scratches and easy back seepage.

In addition, try to choose products with guaranteed brand quality when purchasing, and buy from regular channels.

Warm reminder

When using adult diapers, we should fully consider the living habits of the user, according to the law of life, the amount of urine and urine and shape, frequently maintained actions, sleeping positions, etc., choose the appropriate product, and if necessary, the combination of diapers or diapers and nursing pads can be used. When using diapers, replace them in time, wipe them clean when replacing them, keep the skin clean and dry, and prevent bedsores and urinary tract infections.