4 counterproductive ways to cool down that many people still mistakenly believe
Rapidly changing weather and intense heat will cause a series of health problems for people. Give up the following habits after being outdoors in the sun to avoid harming your health.
1. Drink cold water
When coming back from the hot weather, most of us want to drink a glass of cold water immediately to quench our thirst and dispel the heat. Consuming cold drinks and foods while they are still hot can cause stomach and intestinal spasms, which can lead to acute abdominal pain.
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In addition, the habit of regularly using cold foods in hot weather can make you more susceptible to respiratory infections, sore throats, and more seriously, can cause colds, illness, prolonged fever, pneumonia...
2. Bathe and wash your face immediately after being in the sun
When you come back from the sun, your body is hot, sweaty and uncomfortable, taking a shower will give you a cool, refreshing feeling. However, the sudden change that the body cannot adapt to will cause headaches. If this condition occurs frequently, it can lead to chronic headaches.
When your body is full of sweat, the pores are dilated, if you immediately pour cold water on it, it will cause the body to suddenly get cold, easily leading to cold, high fever, headache... and can even cause stroke.
Therefore, you should calmly rest for a few minutes, use a dry towel to absorb sweat, then wash your feet and hands first. When your body temperature has cooled down a bit, wash your face and take a bath so that your body has time to gradually adapt, avoiding damage to other parts of the body.
3. Sitting too close to the fan
The habit of letting the fan blow directly on you not only makes you susceptible to colds but also causes a temperature difference between the areas of the skin that are cooled by the fan and the areas that are not. It can also cause an imbalance in the excretory system, circulatory disorders, headaches, dizziness, etc.
You should sit 1 - 3 meters away from the fan so that the cool air surrounds your body and is safer for your health.
4. Adjusting the air conditioner temperature too low
In hot weather, a cool air-conditioned room is the ideal place to avoid the heat. But you need to be careful how you adjust the air conditioning temperature so as not to harm your health.
Coming back from the hot sun and then into an air-conditioned room with a temperature that is too low can cause sweat to not evaporate but to seep back into the body, easily causing a cold, thermal imbalance causing dizziness, and even stroke.
You should adjust the air conditioner temperature to a moderate level, about 5 - 10 degrees Celsius lower than the outside temperature is best. Avoid going in and out of the air-conditioned room many times as the body cannot adapt to the temperature difference.
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