After leaving the hospital, Ms. Zhang thought it was cured, so she stopped taking the medicine without authorization and felt that it was a waste of money. But I was afraid of poor blood circulation, so I thought about soaking my feet and changing to a good one.
But one night, after soaking her feet, Ms. Zhang suddenly felt very uncomfortable, with difficulty breathing and shortness of breath. After her family had an accident, she was sent to the hospital in time for treatment. After examination, Ms. Zhang had pulmonary embolism again, and the inducement was soaking her feet! Eventually died because of ineffective rescue.
Coincidentally, Ms. Xue (pseudonym), 46, from Hankou, Hubei Province, came home from work late at night to soak her feet and suddenly fainted to the ground. After being rushed to the hospital, after examination, it was found that Ms. Xue used hot water to soak her feet in the middle of the night, which led to the rupture of the original head aneurysm and caused syncope, and eventually died because of ineffective rescue.
Seeing this, many people are puzzled: why is it "fatal" when it is clearly for a healthy foot bath?
Friends who have soaked their feet in hot water may find that the whole person feels inexplicably relaxed when soaking their feet. Why?
This also has to talk about the blood vessels in the lower limbs. Human thighs are densely covered with blood vessels. When the feet are soaked in hot water, the local temperature rises, which can lead to the expansion of capillaries on the surface of arteries and skin. When the blood flow rich in nutrients and nutrients increases, it will give people a comfortable feeling.
In addition, you can get many benefits by soaking your feet in hot water:
Helps sleep: Soaking feet can make the blood circulation of the feet smooth, make the blood more concentrated on the peripheral blood vessels of the lower limbs, and the blood flow in the brain will be slightly reduced, which will make people feel sleepy and help sleep.
Relieve pain: Soaking feet with hot water can not only promote blood circulation, but also reduce the muscle tension of feet and relieve backache and bone pain.
Dredge the meridians: "When the meridians are opened, all diseases will disappear". There are many meridians in the leg, including bladder, gallbladder, stomach, kidney and liver. Soaking feet can stimulate these veins, thus playing a role in dredging meridians.
It can be seen that soaking feet not only makes people feel comfortable, but also brings many benefits to people. This is an economical and effective way to keep healthy.
But for some special people, it may not be suitable, not only can't exercise, but it may be counterproductive.
1, diabetic patients
The skin of diabetic foot is fragile, and most of the peripheral nerves of the foot have problems, so it is impossible to sense the external temperature normally. If the temperature of foot bath water is too high, they can't detect it in time, and it is easy to get burned. Once the diabetic foot is scalded, if it is not intervened in time, it may lead to infection, ulceration and even amputation.
2. Patients with varicose veins/thrombosis
These patients have the problem of blood reflux, especially patients with varicose veins, which are often venous valve insufficiency. At this time, soaking feet can increase local blood flow, but it can't change the speed of venous reflux, but it may increase the burden of venous reflux and aggravate the condition.
3. Patients with tinea pedis
Beriberi is mostly caused by fungal infection. Soaking feet with hot water not only has bactericidal effect, but also aggravates local itching, especially for people with wounds on their feet. Soaking feet with hot water is likely to cause secondary bacterial infection.
4. Children
Children are in the period of rapid arch development. Soaking feet with hot water can easily relax plantar ligaments, affect the formation and maintenance of arch, and increase the incidence of flat feet.
5. Patients with heart disease
This kind of patients have weak heart function and poor blood supply ability. Soaking feet can dilate local capillaries, make blood flow to lower limbs more, make important organs such as heart and brain ischemic and anoxic, and cause discomfort such as chest tightness, shortness of breath and dizziness. In addition, blindly soaking feet in cardiovascular patients may also increase the risk of syncope and sudden death.
It can be seen that soaking feet is not suitable for everyone. Know clearly before soaking your feet, so as not to damage your health and lose more than you gain.
In fact, few people abroad drink hot water, and most of them drink cold water. Only China people have been drinking hot water since childhood, and the habit of drinking hot water is even more ingrained. Why?
China people's love of drinking hot water may be related to these factors. In ancient times, hot water was a luxury, and only the rich had money to drink it, because it needed expensive pottery and fuel, and there might be a psychological compensation.
During the Republic of China, many epidemic prevention regulations repeatedly emphasized drinking water hygiene, suggesting that everyone drink boiled water. 65438-0950, the patriotic health campaign was launched nationwide, and the importance of drinking hot water was emphasized again. Since then, the idea that drinking hot water is good for health has been "planted" in everyone's mind.
But in fact, drinking too hot water is not good for your health. The World Health Organization has classified more than 65% of hot water as Class 2A carcinogen. If you drink more than 65% hot water regularly, it will burn the esophageal mucosa, change its cell structure, become cancerous easily and increase the risk of esophageal cancer.
Therefore, it is recommended that the temperature of drinking water is generally around 40℃, and it is almost the same if the lips don't feel hot.
Soaking feet in hot water seems like a simple thing, but there are many stresses. If you soak your feet in the wrong way, it is easy to hurt your health.
1. Choose a suitable footbath.
It is suggested that wooden barrels and ceramic pot should be preferred, especially when soaking feet with Chinese herbal medicines, metal pots such as copper pots should be avoided, otherwise it may react with Chinese herbal medicines and produce harmful substances such as iron tannic acid.
2. Put enough water.
When you soak your feet, you must have enough water, and you must soak in the inside of your calf to have a better health care effect.
3. The water temperature should be controlled.
People's body temperature is about 36 ~37, and foot bathing should be at least higher than normal, and it is recommended to be between 40 ~ 45.
4. Don't take too long
Try to control it at 15~20 minutes, and no more than 30 minutes at the latest. When soaking feet, human blood circulation and heart rate will be accelerated, and it is easy to increase the burden on the heart for too long. After soaking your feet, you can spend 3-5 minutes pressing the soles of your feet, which is helpful to promote blood circulation, metabolism and more stable sleep.
Conclusion: Soaking feet has many benefits, but it is harmful to some special people. At the same time, the water temperature, water quantity and time when soaking feet need to be controlled. Share it with friends who love to soak their feet.
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