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There are many benefits to soaking in hot springs in winter. Can patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease soak? Let's listen to the doctor.
Speaking of the most enjoyable leisure project in winter, it must be hot springs.

The dense hot air is transpiration in the air, the warm spring water overflows the skin, and every inch of bones and muscles are stretched, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

Soaking in hot springs not only makes people feel happy, but also has a good health-keeping effect: on the one hand, it can relax muscles and joints and eliminate fatigue; On the other hand, it can dilate blood vessels, promote blood circulation and accelerate human metabolism.

In addition, hot springs are rich in calcium, potassium, radon and other components, which have a certain effect on regulating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and treating diabetes, gout, neuralgia and arthritis.

Sulfur spring can soften cutin, and carbonated water containing sodium can bleach and soften skin.

Therefore, in the cold winter, it is absolutely an excellent leisure and health-keeping activity to make an appointment with three or five friends, bring family and children and soak in a hot spring together.

However, hot springs are not suitable for everyone!

We are next to the hot spring pool.

Often see signs on warning signs:

What's going on here?

It turns out that for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease, soaking in hot springs may also become a dangerous leisure activity!

Soaking in hot springs can cause blood vessels to dilate, leading to a drop in blood pressure.

Especially for patients who usually take antihypertensive drugs, they are more prone to excessive blood pressure reduction, even postural hypotension, dizziness, blackness and fainting when standing.

Soaking in hot springs can lead to excessive sweating, rapid heartbeat and increased myocardial oxygen consumption.

If the duration is too long and water is not replenished in time, the blood volume will decrease and the blood concentration will increase, which will lead to angina pectoris, myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction.

When you soak in a hot spring, your body temperature will rise. If the temperature outside is very low after you leave the water, it will cause your body temperature to drop rapidly. Sudden cooling and sudden heating can easily lead to rapid contraction of blood vessels from dilated state, which is also an important factor to induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Can patients with coronary heart disease and hypertension only watch their family and friends enjoy hot spring time, but can't join them?

In fact, patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease can enjoy hot spring bathing on the premise of taking medicine on time and controlling their blood pressure to the standard.

Moreover, some studies have shown that hot spring hydrotherapy has a certain auxiliary treatment effect on essential hypertension.

In hot springs, the relaxation of the patient's spirit and limbs is conducive to the decline of blood pressure. Hot spring water has an effect on human blood circulation system and can also lower blood pressure.

In order to avoid accidents as much as possible,

We patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease

I must read this book carefully.

In addition, special reminder:

Similarly, young people should be vigilant. Don't think that cardiovascular disease has always been exclusive to the elderly. You know, the first batch of 90' s began to get high blood pressure.

No matter how old you are now, as long as you feel unwell during the hot spring bath, you should immediately get out of the water, find a warm and quiet place to rest on your back with the help of your family or staff, and add some warm water.

If the symptoms are still not relieved after about 10 minutes, please call 120 for medical treatment.

Just before going to the hot spring,

It is best to consult a doctor and evaluate the condition.

It will be safer this way.