Three Health Dangers Of Using Handbags

Sporting handbags isn't just about looking pretty; it can serve a lot of practical purposes as well. Unfortunately, you won't find a praise release on handbags in this page. You'll get to read raving reviews in other places anyway. Instead, you'll uncover some of the health dangers that using handbags poses.

This article isn't meant to scare you into not using your handbag, but is intended to raise your awareness and sensitivity to the potential dangers waiting to spring on you. Read on to find out what the dangers are and how you can avoid them.

1. Handbags can be your portable breeding ground for bacteria and germs.

Can you remember your doctor telling you that your hands are the dirtiest parts of your body? Well, when you hold your handbag, you're actually rubbing the dirt, grime and germs from your hands onto the handles.

The next time you want to use your handbag, make sure your hands are clean. Hand sanitizers will always come in handy, as well as regular handbag cleaning – handles included, of course.

The handles are not the only place where lots of germs dwell. The innards sport the potential as well. Germs and bacteria – including the dreaded E. Coli – are quick to multiply whenever you carry fruits, chocolates and other food items inside your handbag.

The darkness, stale air and warm temperature in your handbag because of trapped heat make germ breeding conducive. If you can, avoid stuffing your handbag with food (and other wet and moist stuff) unless the handbag is your officially designated grocery bag or marketing bag.

2. Handbags can be carriers and efficient transmitters of bacteria and germs.

There's no classic case of sneezing and droplet infection involved, but handbags are subtle carriers of germs and diseases via the bag's innocent-looking bottoms. If you're headed to a public bathroom and let your handbag sit on the counter for a second, the germ count skyrockets to a kaboom.

The next location where you place your handbag thereafter is sure to get mottled with the bacteria and diseases your bag caught from the bathroom. Your only solutions are to hang your bag so that the handles are the only portions that are exposed, and to always watch where you place your handbag. Wiping counter tops and table tops clean will help tremendously.

3. Handbags can be the culprit behind muscle pains.

Overstuff your handbag and you'll give your arms, shoulders and muscles an unnecessary workout that can leave you sore and fatigued. You may call the situation “a trend among modern women” who apparently want to play girl scout by bringing whatever they “might” need with them and stuffing those things inside the handbag.

By rule of thumb, you should be carrying only a maximum of 10 percent of your body weight. Now if that 10 percent is concentrated in your handbag, you're going to have to re-order your priorities. Muscle pains may not be your only problem, but a damaged handbag as well. Bring only the stuff which you really need and are sure to use.