Sauna Taboos

As we learn more about health preservation, more and more health preservation methods have been developed by us. Sauna bath is a very good health preservation method. Many people like to choose to take a sauna bath to achieve the effect of health preservation and health care, because sauna bath is easy to take and the effect is very obvious, but we should know that not everyone can take a sauna bath.

There are many issues that we need to pay attention to when taking a sauna bath, so we must understand some taboos of sauna bath, so that we can give full play to the health-preserving effect of sauna bath, otherwise it may have a harmful effect and the loss will outweigh the gain.

Taking a sauna bath can cause a series of systemic physiological changes. A high temperature and high humidity environment will increase the heart rate and blood pressure to a certain extent, while soaking in cold water will slow down the heart rate and lower blood pressure. Therefore, the indoor temperature, humidity, bathing time, including the number of hot and cold exchanges, must be strictly controlled. When you take a bath for the first time, you can only stay in the high-temperature steam room for 5 minutes, and then gradually extend the stay time in the high-humidity steam room. Since sauna bathing has certain effects on the human body, it is advisable to take a sauna bath in the following cases:

1. Patients with a history of hypertension or heart disease. Because sauna bathing causes a wide range of fluctuations in blood pressure and increases the burden on the heart, it can easily lead to high blood pressure, sudden heart attack, accidents, and even life-threatening conditions.

2. After meals, especially within half an hour after a full meal. Taking a sauna bath immediately after a meal will cause the blood vessels in the skin to dilate, and a large amount of blood will flow back to the skin, affecting the blood supply to the digestive organs, which will inevitably affect the digestion and absorption of food and is harmful to your health.

3. When overworked or hungry. When tired and hungry, the human body's muscle tone is poor, and the tolerance to cold and heat stimuli is reduced, which can easily cause collapse.

4. Women during menstruation should avoid taking sauna baths. During menstruation, women's body resistance is reduced. When taking a sauna, the alternation of cold and hot temperatures can easily cause colds and bacterial infections, which endangers women's health.

Harmful effects of sauna

Sauna bathing is a fashionable and healthy way of leisure. After sweating all over, your whole body will relax and all fatigue will be relieved. Therefore, many people with stressful work situations like this. However, medical experts warn that frequent sauna use may be a contributing factor to male infertility. In Finland, the birthplace of sauna, the incidence of male infertility is quite high, which is not unrelated to the local people's love of taking saunas.

The temperature of the testicles is generally 3-4℃ lower than the human body temperature in order to produce normal sperm. Sperm has strict temperature requirements and must be below body temperature to develop normally. The temperature of a sauna is much higher than body temperature, which is not conducive to sperm growth, or may cause sperm motility to decrease excessively, leading to infertility. According to clinical statistics, a considerable number of male infertility cases are caused by testicular temperatures being higher than normal. Director Zheng of Shanghai Marriott Hospital reminds that for unmarried and childless men, in addition to not taking too many saunas, other factors that can increase the temperature of the testicles should be avoided as much as possible, such as riding a bicycle for a long time, taking a hot bath, sitting for a long time, wearing tight jeans, etc.

Of course, this doesn’t mean you can’t take a sauna at all. It’s okay to do it occasionally. If you already have children, you can enjoy it without any worries. Sauna has certain health benefits for the human body: it can speed up blood circulation, relax muscles in all parts of the body, and achieve the purpose of eliminating fatigue and refreshing the spirit. At the same time, due to the repeated hot and cold dry steaming of the body, the blood vessels are constantly contracted and expanded, which can enhance the elasticity of blood vessels and prevent vascular sclerosis. At the same time, it has certain health benefits for arthritis, back pain, bronchitis, neurasthenia, etc.

On the Internet, we introduced a method of health preservation - taking a sauna bath. Sauna baths are now popular all over the world. Many people like to take sauna baths because they are easy to take and can have a good effect of health preservation and wellness. However, we must understand some things that need to be paid attention to in sauna baths. The above article introduces the taboos of sauna baths in detail.