Recently, the emergency department of Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital received such a patient, which made the doctor feel a pity:
The patient, a 53-year-old man, returned home from work at about 5:30 p.m., and was already sweating profusely when the man arrived home because the weather was very muggy.
Without much thought, the first thing the man did when he arrived home was to take off his clothes, then turn on the air conditioner, and then get into the bathroom to take a shower.
It may be that he did not have time to turn on the gas, or perhaps he was greedy for cold, and the man did not choose to take a hot bath, but directly took a shower with cold water.
After taking a bath, the man gained "brief" comfort. In the early hours of the next morning, an accident happened.
The man was suddenly awakened due to chest tightness, and then gasped for air, but it could not be relieved. The wife who slept on the side quickly asked what was going on, but the man did not answer, just gasped, and then spit out two words with difficulty: "Chest tightness!" ”
At first, the wife thought that it was too hot and the man was overworked to suffer from heat stroke, so she comforted: "Is it heat stroke, or you will rest today and don't go to work." ”
Because the man is usually in very good health, in the eyes of many people around him, he is the kind of person who can kill a tiger with a good body.
The man also thought it was caused by overwork, so he lay down and tried to rest to see if it could be relieved.
However, as time passed, the man's chest tightness not only did not disappear, but also appeared a crushing pain directly behind the sternum, which made the man unable to speak, beads of sweat fell from his forehead, and his face became pale.
When the family saw that the matter became serious, they called the emergency number and quickly sent the man to the hospital.
Arrived at the emergency department of Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, the receiving doctor quickly asked about the relevant medical history, and then immediately performed an electrocardiogram examination, sure enough, the electrocardiogram results verified the doctor's guess: large-scale myocardial infarction!
The hospital immediately opened a green channel to perform interventional surgery for men, using a stent to open up the blocked blood vessels, so that the ischemic myocardium can regain blood flow. However, it may be that the condition is so severe that the man's blood pressure is not maintained. The man's condition got worse and worse, and despite the doctors using all their strength, the rescue failed.
Soon word spread among the neighbors: the man had washed himself to death after taking a bath.
The family members are also very curious, the man's blood pressure and blood sugar are normal, and there is no heart disease, the body is great, how to take a bath to wash himself out of acute myocardial infarction, has not been rescued. At this moment, too many doubts and grief are shrouded in the hearts of the whole family.
The doctor also felt very sorry, in fact, similar things happen every summer, the reason why taking a cold shower will wash people to death, mainly because of sudden cold stimulation, causing rapid contraction of blood vessels, inducing myocardial infarction.
Here, the doctor reminds everyone that you must remember the "four don'ts" when bathing in summer:
1. Do not take a bath after mental work
Modern people's life and work are very stressful, and many people regard bathing as a kind of relaxation, so they will choose to take a bath after a lot of brain use and even "brainstorming".
As everyone knows, taking a bath immediately at this time will greatly lead to cerebral ischemia. Because when the brain is used a lot, a large blood supply is required. However, if you take a bath at this time, the capillaries throughout the body will expand, which will lead to a further reduction in the blood entering the brain, which can cause cerebral ischemia in a short period of time and cause insufficient blood supply to the brain.
2. Do not bathe after drinking alcohol
As we all know, after drinking a lot of alcohol, it will cause telangiectasia throughout the body, so it will appear red-faced, and the blood of the whole body is concentrated on the surface of the skin, and the blood entering the internal organs and brain is reduced.
If you take a bath immediately after drinking, this phenomenon will be aggravated, and the blood entering the internal organs of the brain will be further reduced, so that it is easy to have myocardial infarction and cerebral blood insufficiency.
3. Do not take a bath immediately after exercise
The heat generated by exercise will dilate the blood vessels of the whole body, and taking a bath immediately after exercise will further expand the blood vessels, which is very dangerous for people with high blood pressure or coronary heart disease.
Similarly, if you take a cold shower after a lot of exercise, the originally dilated blood vessels will suddenly receive cold stimulation and will contract sharply, so that the blood vessels expand and contract in a short time, and the blood pressure fluctuates greatly, which is easy due to acute cardiovascular disease.
4. Do not take a shower immediately after meals
Many people have a deep experience that they will feel sleepy after eating, because the blood of the whole body after the meal is flowing to the gastrointestinal system, which is used to promote digestion, and the blood flow to the brain is reduced, so there will be a slight cerebral insufficiency, that is, sleepiness.
If you take a bath immediately after eating, the hot water stimulates the blood vessels to dilate, and the blood flow to the brain will be further reduced, which will aggravate the phenomenon of dizziness and drowsiness. If you do not pay attention to anti-slip, it is easy to slip and fall, resulting in accidents.
In summary, it can be learned that the man immediately took a cold shower after sweating, and the resulting vasodilation was stimulated and contracted by cold in a short time, so that one by one, the plaque in the blood vessel is easy to fall off to form a thrombus to block the blood vessel, inducing myocardial infarction.
Bathing is something that everyone has to do every day, but it should be noted that the bathing time is best controlled within 30 minutes, and the temperature of the bathing water is kept at about 45-55 degrees. If it is a person with high blood pressure or coronary heart disease, you should let the body have a time to adapt when bathing, you can first rinse with hot water, and then take a bath in the whole body, the elderly or children with reduced mobility, and should be taken care of to avoid accidents. #守护健康血压#