Current location - Health Preservation Learning Network - Fitness coach - What happens when astronauts exercise in space?
What happens when astronauts exercise in space?
According to foreign media reports, the latest research shows that when astronauts exercise in space, their body temperature will continue to rise, even reaching 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius). This discovery has aroused people's concern about the health impact of long-term space missions. For example, traveling to Mars, because chronic fever will cause many health problems, people's cognitive ability will decline during long-distance space travel.

Orpaz stressed that when the body temperature is too high, blood circulation problems, high blood pressure, even heart attacks and brain overheating will increase the risk of life. Overheating the brain can lead to brain tissue damage. You don't want someone's brain function to be damaged when landing on the surface of Mars, so you need to make sure that he is suitable for the job. As physical exercise aggravates this problem, some people may suggest that astronauts suspend their fitness programs. However, Orpaz said that this is not an option, because astronauts need to keep exercising every day to slow down the rate of muscle consumption under weightlessness. Opatz said, maybe you should change your exercise plan, maybe you should measure your temperature in time, and when the temperature is too high, you should stop exercising. Maybe there is a way to make astronauts cool down during exercise and avoid overheating.

Kanuharan said: "Convection in space is obviously reduced, and sweat evaporation is obviously slower than the earth's environment, which will explain why astronauts will get hot very quickly in the exercise test of the International Space Station. Designing some methods will help these natural cooling mechanisms become more effective, thus reducing the seriousness of the problem. " Kanuharan said that the immune factors that we observed may be related to the gradual increase of body temperature are gratifying in formulating coping strategies, which will potentially be used to offset the core body temperature effect, which will involve further research plans.

Kanuharan said: "The increase of core body temperature will directly or immediately increase the basal metabolic rate, thus affecting all systems of the body. Possible symptoms are headache, muscle spasm, dizziness, fainting, increased heart rate, shortness of breath, and digestive and sensory problems. "