Stay healthy for Euro season

Empty mind, loss of concentration at work, physical weakness, cardiovascular disease, worsening blood pressure, are the warnings from doctors for football fans during the 3 weeks of the European Cup.

Statistics from previous Euro seasons at Cho Ray Hospital, Trung Vuong Emergency, Nhan Dan 115, Gia Dinh... show that from the middle to the end of the season, the number of patients hospitalized due to diseases related to staying up late has increased. Especially the elderly with cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure, the risk of illness is even higher.

According to doctors at the Center for Community Health Care (HCMC), in the biological cycle, deep sleep occurs from midnight to early morning, which is the time when the body's organs rest after a day of work. Therefore, staying up all night without rest during the day will cause the body to quickly collapse.

According to doctors, staying up late for nearly a month during the Euro matches will cause memory loss; difficulty concentrating on work; tinnitus, dizziness, blurred vision. People can also easily become irritable, grumpy; have body aches, fatigue leading to loss of appetite.

Doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital warn that staying up late can easily affect the skin, because night is the time for the skin to "rest and recover". This condition often disrupts the normal circulatory system of metabolism and the nervous system, causing the skin to become dry, lose elasticity, become dull and not smooth.

Neurologists at Cho Ray Hospital say that the sympathetic nervous system will not be able to rest if staying up all night long. This can easily lead to fatigue, mental decline, mental stress, poor memory, difficulty concentrating, slow reactions, forgetfulness, dizziness, and headaches the next day.

According to Associate Professor - Doctor - Physician Nguyen Hoai Nam, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, staying up late or staying up all night watching football upsets the biological clock that sleeps at night and stays awake during the day. In addition to causing fatigue, staying up late is also a cause that can make people with high blood pressure or cardiovascular disease worse.

"Staying up late causes blood vessels to constrict, which can easily lead to heart attacks and strokes. This is even more likely to happen when people watching football are often nervous and stressed," said Dr. Hoai Nam.

According to cardiologists, lack of sleep will cause blood vessels to be in a constant state of tension, not providing enough blood to the middle ear, greatly affecting other organs in the body, especially hearing with symptoms of tinnitus.

Regarding nutrition, according to doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City Nutrition Center, eating at night can cause obesity or drinking alcohol while staying up late is harmful. Therefore, it is necessary to eat properly when staying up late to watch football.

Doctor Dao Thi Yen Thuy said that even if you just sit and watch football, your body still consumes energy. Therefore, eating a bowl of rice with eggs, a bun, a bowl of instant noodles with a little beef, a bowl of crab soup, a cake, and a glass of hot milk late at night is ideal, according to Doctor Thuy.

According to nutritionists, to restore energy and reduce physical and mental fatigue for the new working day, people who stay up late should eat a full and nutritious breakfast. Drinking plenty of water to cool the body is also very important.

"Staying up late will cause the body to lack vitamins and minerals, so you should supplement vitamins in pill form or naturally by using fruits and vegetables such as carrots, apples, eggs, honey, lemon, papaya...", Dr. Thuy reminded.

From the experience of watching football at night and having to go to work in the morning, the group of office workers Loc - Thanh - Dung working in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, believes that they should take advantage of sleeping when they can, they don't need to sleep for long, just need to sleep deeply to help the body not be too tired.

According to doctors at the Center for Community Health Care (HCMC), sleeping earlier than usual or finding ways to catch up on sleep is also one of the ways to help soccer fans avoid exhaustion.

"To ensure health at work, especially for those who work in jobs that require high concentration such as drivers and surgeons, it is necessary to sacrifice a football match at night," said a doctor.

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