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mahjong
Dubbed the "essence of the nation"
It is one of the most common recreational activities during holidays
Friends and family get together
How could it not come up two laps
Mahjong originated in China
Nowadays, it is also loved by many foreign friends
At the same time, as an entertainment activity
Playing mahjong also has a certain health care effect
It has become an effective way to prevent "Alzheimer's disease"
But some habits also make it possible to play mahjong
Became a "risk challenge"
There are pros and cons to playing mahjong
How can I play mahjong healthily?
How to avoid the risks of playing mahjong?
Let's talk about it in detail today
Hands-on, brain-trigger, and interpersonal game
Open the wikipedia search keyword "mahjong" and you will see the shortest and most powerful introduction to mahjong: an intellectual game.
Compared with poker, Mahjong is not only more about memory and complex probability calculations, but also has to guess the possible cards in the hands of the other three to have a chance to win the game.
It is not enough to use the brain alone, but also to combine hand movements.
In this small square mahjong table, the hands move with the body and the heart, and the hand-brain coordination is played to the fullest at this moment.
In addition, the most common situation in a mahjong game is "three missing one". Between friends and friends, the relationship has gradually become familiar.
Nagging at the mahjong table, is the work going well this year? How are the relationships progressing? Further sublimate family affection and friendship.
But if you feel that the benefits of playing mahjong are nothing more than that, it is too limited!
Playing mahjong can reduce the risk of depression
No kidding!
In a journal called Social Sciences and Medicine, Chinese scientists rubbed mahjong while publishing a paper: Mahjong can reduce the risk of depression.
Because, crucially, playing mahjong is a form of social engagement.
Social participation refers to the extent to which a person participates in a community or society and is a key factor in healthy old age. A large number of studies have found that the risk of depression, alzheimer's and death will be greatly reduced in the elderly with high social participation.
And playing mahjong, without a doubt, is a very socially engaged activity.
Group a game of mahjong, you have to call people, 4 people less than 1 can not do; but also have to nag, parents short, gossip gossip, but also at the table to understand the world situation.
The aforementioned study, which looked at 10,988 residents aged 45 and over, analyzed the relationship between their social participation and depressive symptoms.
These social activities include:
Interact with friends;
Play mahjong, chess, cards or go to other community clubs;
Participation in sports, social or other clubs;
Participation in community-related organizations;
Engage in voluntary or charitable work;
Free assistance to relatives, friends, or neighbors who do not live with the respondent.
The results showed that the more types of social activities involved, and the frequency guaranteed to be once a week or more, the less depression occurred. Playing mahjong is no exception.
Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, isn't playing mahjong just "participating in social networking", but also "providing free help to relatives, friends or neighbors who do not live with the interviewees", and this social participation does not come up immediately?
Play mahjong appropriately
It's really refreshing
But some people rub up the hemp in the future
Very easy to get in
A realm of ecstasy and fascination
With the mentality of "as long as you don't die, you will die"
Overnight after night
Doing so can be very harmful to the body
The dangers of sitting and playing mahjong for a long time
Increases lumbar burden
Prolonged sitting can cause intermittent low back pain or low back discomfort
Play mahjong all night
The burden on the lumbar spine and lower back muscles is even heavier
Studies have shown that:
When standing upright, the lumbar spine is loaded with about 100 kg;
When playing mahjong with a bowed waist, the lumbar spine load is almost doubled compared to normal upright, reaching nearly 185 kg.
Such a large load, coupled with a long time of playing mahjong, there will be low back pain, some people even accompanied by ass to the thighs, calves soreness, numbness, this time is likely to be lumbar disc herniation aggravated, or low back fasciitis attacks.
Blood pressure levels are elevated
People with high blood pressure know that they must take antihypertensive drugs on time, but they may not know that playing mahjong for a long time can also cause high blood pressure!
Some experts have studied the elderly mahjong enthusiasts aged 65 to 70 years old and found that the elderly who play mahjong continuously for more than 3 hours will begin to increase regardless of systolic blood pressure (often said high pressure) or diastolic blood pressure (often said low pressure).
Therefore, especially for the elderly who need to take antihypertensive drugs, rub mahjong must not forget to take the medicine on time.
Be wary of the risk of blood clots
After playing mahjong for a long time, the spirit is excited, but the venous return of the legs becomes more slow, which increases the risk of venous thrombosis in the lower limbs.
Just like the highway, once the speed of the car is slowed down, it will gradually start to get stuck in traffic.
After the formation of venous thrombosis in the lower limbs, once the shedding occurs, then the shedding embolus will continue to swim along the blood vessels, and the wandering embolism is like a bomb, which comes to the lungs, and if the pulmonary embolism is formed, in a few minutes, it can be fatal, and there is no chance of rescue.
Therefore, anesthesia friends who have varicose veins themselves should pay more attention to not sitting for a long time and playing mahjong, and the risk of blood clots should be prevented!
Damage to the urinary system
Some fanatical hemp friends, in order to play one more round, can hold their urine and not go to the bathroom; in order to concentrate on playing mahjong, they dare not drink water!
Even developed the habit of holding urine, some people are still proud of it, in fact, holding urine and drinking less water is very harmful to men and women.
Holding urine can easily induce various lesions of the urinary system, such as male prostate lesions, symptoms such as urgency and frequency of urination, and even affect sexual performance; it may also cause bladder lesions, such as cystitis, and more serious or even cancerous.
The habit of holding urine for a long time may also cause damage to the kidneys, such as renal insufficiency and kidney failure that requires dialysis.
Cardiovascular diseases
Studies have shown that sitting for more than 3 to 4 hours a day is closely related to cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality, as well as type 2 diabetes!
If you like to rub it from noon to the early morning, the heart risk will increase significantly!
Friends and relatives rub mahjong, some people are entertained, and hemp friends with poor mentality, violent emotional changes, are more likely to aggravate serious health problems, such as the well-known heart attack, cerebral infarction!
Playing mahjong tips
Source: Popular Science China
Audit: Department of General Medicine, Run Run Shaw Hospital
Compiled by the comprehensive editor of Run Run Shaw Hospital
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