Do you know that there are some precautions for taking a bath?😉😉😉

Winter is here, will you take a hot bath comfortably or still take a cold bath? I think almost people will take a hot bath leisurely. It makes your hands, feet and the whole body feel warm and can also relax your spirit. But in fact, there are some precautions for taking a bath. If you don't pay attention, the bath may harm your health.

Don't take a bath when you are the situations below:

1. Take a bath before meals/on an empty stomach.

When a person is fasting, blood sugar is staying in a low state. Taking a bath in the cold season will increase physical energy consumption. It will not only be prone to fatigue and weak limbs, but it will also further decrease blood sugar. If the situation is severe, hypoglycemic shock can also occur.

Recommendation: It is best not to take a bath when you are fasting.

2. After strenuous exercise

When a person has a strenuous exercise, the heart rate increases and the blood flow in the muscles increases. As soon as he stopped, his body was temporarily unable to return to a calm state. Taking a hot bath immediately at that time will cause the body to be stimulated by temperature. It accelerate the expansion of blood vessels in the skin of the whole body and cause the reduction of blood supply to other vital organs. When the blood supply of the heart and brain is reduced to a certain extent, the human body will have symptoms of transient hypotension and cerebral ischemia. It will manifest as palpitation, dizziness, nausea and so on. Especially for people with coronary heart disease, hypertension and other diseases, fatal accidents may occur.

Recommendation: After strenuous exercise, You can slowly drink a glass of warm water, rest for 20-30 minutes, and then go to the bath.

3. After drinking alcohol

After drinking alcohol, some people like to wash off the smell of alcohol before going to bed. But taking a bath at that time will cause accelerating the blood circulation and consuming a large amount of glucose in the body. It will cause the blood glucose level decreasing greatly. In addition, ethanol can also inhibit the activity of the liver and obstruct its release of glycogen into the blood. It will make the blood glucose can't raising. Therefore, taking a bath after drinking can easily lead to hypoglycemia, making people dizzy, weak and even unconscious.

Recommendation: If you drink a small amount of alcohol, you can rest for half an hour before taking a bath. If you drink too much, it is better to postpone the bath time. The water temperature during bathing is best to be close to body temperature.

4. After massage or cupping therapy, etc.

Health care methods such as massage and cupping therapy can promote congestion on the body surface and speed up blood circulation. But many people don't know that it is not suitable to take a bath after massage and cupping therapy. When a person takes a bath, hot water can also irritate the skin. Under the combined action of the two, it will even cause relatively hypoxia, collapse or fainting in vital organs such as the brain. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that their skin pores will open after massage. At this time they are very susceptible to cold and sickness when taking a bath.

Recommendation: After the massage, you should rest for 1 to 2 hours in a warm environment. It is best to take a bath after 3 hours after cupping therapy.

In addition, you should not take a bath immediately after meals and after taking insulin.

Advices for taking bath.

1. The bathroom must be ventilated.

The humid and sultry air in the bathroom can cause low air pressure. When people stay inside for a long time, it is prone to breathing difficulties, fainting and so on.

2. Drink some water before and after bathing.

Bathing in a sultry environment makes it easy for people to sweat. If you don't drink water in time, it will easily lead to collapse.

3. The bath water temperature should not be too high.

If the water temperature is too high, it will take away too much oil on the skin surface. It will make the skin that is prone to dryness in winter even more drier. In addition, overheated water speeds up blood flow on the body's surface and reduces blood flow in vital organs. For people with cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease, it is easy to cause accidents such as cardiac ischemia.

4. After bathing, apply some skin care products.

After bathing, the moisture on the skin surface will evaporate more. The skin is also prone to more dryness in winter. For people with less sebum secretion such as dry skin, it is easy to develop symptoms such as dry skin and itching in winter. Especially the elderly, they have worse skin normally. Therefore, they need to pay more attention to applying skin care products.

5. The elderly can put a chair in the bathroom.

The elderly who take a bath in a cold environment may consume a lot of physical strength. It may causes physical weakness and inability to stand up.