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Doctors told who and when should not go to the bathhouse
To make the steam really light and beneficial, you should heed the advice of experts.
Bath procedures are useful for colds, joint diseases. But we must also remember that in some cases, thermal exposure is contraindicated.
Expert of the League for the Health of the Nation, Member of the Board of the Russian Society of Cardiology
What is the use?
The benefits, frankly, are many.
Bath procedures have a positive effect on the effects of stress, fatigue, and improve sleep.
In the bath, the skin is cleansed of bacteria, this contributes to the renewal of the epidermis. New cells contain up to 70% moisture, while keratinized ones – about 10%.
In the bath, the vessels expand, especially the small ones. This means that blood circulation improves, this leads to an increase in tissue nutrition.
The muscles relax, the circulation of the inter-articular fluid increases. That is why the bath is useful for diseases of the musculoskeletal system, including the joints.
There is an opinion that thermal procedures help to cleanse the body of toxins and toxins. How can this happen? The mechanics are as follows. Sweat glands on our body – from 2 to 5 million, on the palm and sole of 1 square centimeter there are about 400. In the bath, sweat glands remove moisture through the skin with the same intensity as the kidneys. In one visit, a person loses from 500 to 1500 ml of fluid. It contains toxic substances.
When the steam room is contraindicated
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Scientific and Clinical Center of Otorhinolaryngology”
“Fever is a reason to refuse to go to the bathhouse. Going to a steam room in a similar state is like putting a hot pie in a hot oven. Another absolute contraindication is if the cold does not go away within 10-14 days and is accompanied by a temperature of 37,2-37,3 degrees. It is more useful and safer in this case. soar feet. During this procedure, the vessels dilate, this has a positive effect on the condition of the lungs and respiratory tract. ”
What diagnoses are not allowed in the bath
Exacerbation of chronic diseases of the lungs and bronchi, bronchial asthma,
Acute infections
Severe liver disease
Exacerbation of peptic ulcer,
Severe form of diabetes mellitus,
Thyroid dysfunction
Glaucoma,
Epilepsy.
“It is necessary to refrain from visiting the bathhouse with a crisis course of hypertension (with an increase in pressure up to 200 mm Hg. Art.), Coronary heart disease, severe atherosclerosis of the vessels, chronic heart failure, severe arrhythmia, with thrombosis or a tendency to bleeding,” says Mehman Mamedov… “People over 70 years old and those who do not tolerate temperature and humidity changes should not go to the steam room.”
In addition, phlebologists prohibit baths for their patients – with a tendency to varicose veins with thermal procedures, you need to be careful. You should also beware after some procedures with a beautician: Botox injections, for example, or stitching threads.
Bath rules
General practitioner, therapist of the highest category, specialist of the School of Active Aging.
“You shouldn’t gorge yourself before going to the steam room, it is hard for the body to digest food and adjust to high temperatures at the same time. It is advisable that two hours have passed from the moment of eating. Before the bath and for some time after it, there is no need to eat fish and meat. At high temperatures in the intestine, the process of juicing and fermentation is activated, the proteins in it begin to decompose. Vegetables and cereals are recommended. To replenish the loss of fluid, you need to drink a lot, preferably freshly squeezed juice, tea. You should enter the steam room with your head covered so as not to overheat it. The optimum temperature is 60-80 degrees. ”
An indicator of normal health after a bath should be an even pink skin color. If red spots appear, it means that overheating has occurred, blood circulation has been disturbed.
“You need to get used to the heat gradually. It is better that each procedure lasts no more than 5-10 minutes. You also need to cool down not abruptly, – reminds Galina Tarasova… – After the bath, dousing with ice water, jumping into an ice hole or a snowdrift are contraindicated. The contrast change of temperatures is dangerous, since under the influence of steam, the vessels of the whole body and head expand. If you cool quickly, they will shrink, all the blood will rush to the head. ”
How to lose weight in the bath
Yes, you can! But at the same time, you will have to follow several rules – however, they are quite simple.
To lose weight with a bath, you need to go there twice a week.
The bathing day should be fasting.
Enter the steam room according to the rules: first, three minutes on the bottom shelf, then on the middle one, then a warm shower and rest. There are 3-4 such cycles. The broom can be used only after the second entry into the steam room.
Use masks for face and body – for example, fat burning masks for problem areas. You can read more about this at the link.
Don’t forget to drink! Herbal tea works best.