People have been warned by a doctor about the hazards of a gloomy-looking “pink slime” showing up in their bathroom.
To be honest, the only type of slime that should be in the bathroom is the kind that you spray out of a bottle to aid with body and hair washing or squeeze out of a tube to brush onto your teeth.
But we usually refer to those types of slime as “paste” and “gel,” and the kind of slime we’re discussing here isn’t the kind you’d buy at a store to slather all over yourself for sanitary reasons.
Instead, this slime is the substance that, if not regularly exposed to fresh air and a variety of cleaning supplies, might appear in different moist areas of the bathroom.
When he described what pink slime is and what it can do to you, Dr. Karan Raj was responding to a TikTok video of a man in a hospital bed making a joke about not cleaning it.
The doctor made a firm statement about the harm caused by this pink slime, delving into the repulsive details.
“If you’ve seen this pink slime lurking in your bathroom it’s not mould, it’s bacteria,” said the physician.
“Specifically one called Serratia Marcescens, and it vomits hot pink all over your bathroom. This bacteria loves damp, moist places and enjoys munching on fatty deposits like those found in soaps and shampoos.”
“Hence why it likes to hang out in your steamy bathroom.”
That explains its presence. According to Dr. Raj, the bacteria was “pretty harmless” when touched, however it is still best to avoid getting it in “eyes or open wounds.”
According to the doctor, the actual risk is for “those who are immunocompromised,” as the pink slime could infect someone who is more susceptible to the unpleasant little things that afflict us, such as the gut, the chest, or the urine.
The existence of pink slime is even more worrisome since it raises the question of what else might flourish in environments that are favorable for its production.
You’re likely to be growing more than just bacteria in your bathroom if it’s in the kind of condition where you’re getting pink slime.
The feared black mold, which is extremely harmful to your respiratory system, may eventually infect you.
All things considered, it would be preferable if you cleaned your bathroom on a regular basis to avoid the accumulation of slime, pink or otherwise.
In order to prevent the bathroom from always stewing in a mixture of wet air, you should keep it adequately ventilated and occasionally pull out the cleaning supplies.