Cold temperatures cause the blood vessels to contract, blood pressure rises and is the culprit that many people have complications of myocardial infarction, stroke.
Stroke and myocardial infarction are two very high causes of death, both linked to the formation of blood clots which block the arteries. In the past, stroke was often a disease of the elderly. However, the number of stroke cases in Vietnam and around the world is getting younger. Even many healthy people, athletes and children can have a stroke.
When the North comes into winter, it gets cold and the number of hits increases. In many countries, the number of hits in the cold season also tends to increase. Numerous reports also show a link between weather conditions and death from stroke.
The following habits inadvertently become the culprits that cause the stroke, easily taking the life of the victim.
To drink alcohol
It is cold, the holidays are the time when many Vietnamese are used to invite themselves to drink wine, parties with the concept “drink a little to warm the stomach”. However, the concept of drinking alcohol to heat the body is completely wrong.
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This expert explains that drinking alcohol causes blood vessels to dilate. When it is cold, the pulse suddenly contracts and causes high blood pressure, easily causing stroke, heart attack, and the risk of death is very high.
Not to mention that if people buy fake wine, of unknown origin, we can suffer from poisoning, severe brain hemorrhage and difficult to preserve. Drinking alcohol while driving is also endangering the lives of many people by breaking the law.
Exercise early in the morning
Many people have a habit of getting up about 4 to 5 hours earlier to exercise. However, this habit in the elderly is easy to point to the cause of early morning strokes.
According to Associate Professor Dr. Ha Hoang Kiem, Dean of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department, 103 Military Hospital, Hanoi, complications after early morning exercise are not uncommon. This habit for young people does not affect much, but the middle age group, the elderly is very dangerous, especially when in some cases it is not hot enough.
Exercising too early in winter can easily expose us to sudden cold. It can cause nervous paralysis 7, stroke, lung diseases, bronchitis …, especially people with high blood pressure, joint disease should be avoided to be cold.
In cold weather, the blood vessels narrow, causing blood pressure to skyrocket and accidents. Right after waking up, getting out of the warm blanket is when we are most sensitive to the cold, blood pressure rises dramatically. This is very likely to lead to events such as rupture of blood vessels, chest spasm. Sudden changes in temperature also affect the body’s metabolism. In particular, the elderly have reduced stamina and easily get sick when the weather suddenly changes.
Therefore, experts recommend that in cold weather, the elderly should exercise, gently exercise with yoga exercises, walk indoors, where there is a blanket. If we are to go out, we should have enough clothes, warm hats, and not exercise too much.
Night showers
In winter, many people have a habit of taking a bath late at night, after 10 p.m. MSc Duong Van Tam, Head of Mobility and Mobility Treatment Department, Central Acupuncture Hospital, Hanoi, recommends this habit as one of the possible causes of sudden death.
Time magazine quoted GS.BS Brandon Mitchell, of George Washington University, as saying that even bathing in hot water at night is also potentially dangerous. Night is when the temperature is low. People with low immunity are more susceptible to colds and pneumonia. Bathing late can also cause headaches, fever, lung infections, stroke, and a high risk of death.
In addition, Colonel, Doctor Bui Hong Minh, Vice President of the Ba Dinh Oriental Medicine Association, Hanoi, in the evening, the temperature and air decrease, so taking a bath at night will not be beneficial or even harmful. health. Young people who take baths at night will cause constriction of blood vessels, especially when showering cold, blood vessel circulation is difficult. Since then, even young people and young people who take overnight baths are at risk of headaches, shoulder and neck pain, which will eventually develop into chronic headaches.
The elderly have physiological characteristics such as constriction of blood vessels, atherosclerosis (calcification), blood concentration and thicker than young people, so they often suffer from high blood pressure. If they shower late at night, they are much more likely to have a stroke than younger people.
Therefore, doctor Hong Minh recommends people with high blood pressure and vestibular disorders not to take a bath at night to avoid stroke.
Go to bed regularly late
Stroke specialist Dr Larry Goldstein from Duke University in the US said cold weather puts pressure on blood vessels, putting stress on the heart. Conversely, “high humidity can cause dehydration, easy to form blood clots in the vessel”. The abnormal dilation of blood vessels easily leads to loss of control of the body, leading to stroke, heart attack and death.
The habit of staying up late for 2 to 3 hours causes the body to suddenly change in temperature and the blood vessels cannot dilate over time. We are also susceptible to colds during this time. Numerous studies also show that groups who sleep less than 6 hours per night have a risk of stroke 4 to 5 times higher than those who sleep 8 hours per day.
Additionally, many people have a habit of sitting up as soon as they wake up, however, this bad habit increases the risk of stroke. The reason for this is that blood pressure often rises in the early morning hours upon awakening, which puts pressure on the walls of the vessels, forming blood clots.
To avoid a stroke, it is best to follow the 2-2-1 rule: Wake up, lie in bed for 2 minutes. Then you sit and stay in bed for another 2 minutes, then lower your legs on the bed for a minute, then get up and walk.
