Water Softening
Hard water is not harmful to humans but can aggravate underlying issues in human health to cause reactions, such as skin eczema which most commonly causes flaky dry skin and reddening. The soap you use can react with the minerals in hard water to create an insoluble residue that can be difficult to rinse away, thus causing salts to be deposited on the skin to make it dryer. Water softening will reduce the dissolved calcium, magnesium, and to some degree manganese and ferrous iron ion concentration in hard water.
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I was born with eczema but did not start having flare ups until I got into elementary school. It got so bad that I would be up all night, miserable, with itchy legs. I would scratch so hard that I would cause blisters. My mother finally took me to the doctor and he diagnosed me with eczema and gave me ...
Water Softening is Used For These Conditions
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