The recent cold has struck everyone. Here is a reminder to pay attention to not running recklessly to exercise after a cold. It's purely a disservice to the body.
Don't exercise after catching a cold, beware of "viral myocarditis"
Some people may think to themselves that increasing exercise can improve physical fitness. How much is it useful to catch a cold and cramm?
Not only is it useless, but there is another problem to consider - some people actually have viral myocarditis after catching a cold, but they don't know it.
Forceful strenuous exercise after the disease of toxic myocarditis may cause malignant arrhythmias, heart failure and even cardiogenic shock.
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If you meet these characteristics, then you may have viral myocarditis! Don't exercise vigorously at this time.
However, as long as you don't mess around, then this disease is not so scary, viral myocarditis is still a self-limiting disease in nature, and it is generally fine after 2~4 weeks, and when the time comes, you can run and jump as much as you want, no problem.
If you have a cold, why do you still get myocarditis?
Some people may wonder if you have some heart problems? In fact, if you have viral myocarditis, it may just be your bad luck.
As the name suggests, viral myocarditis is mostly caused by viral infections, and recently it happens to be the active period of viruses, such as influenza virus, herpes virus and mumps virus, which may run to you.
Some of these viruses directly follow the blood circulation to the heart and attack the heart; some cause the body's immune army to rise up and resist, and sometimes the crazy immune cells are so ruthless that they even beat their own people, and while destroying the virus, they also affect the normal myocardial cells, thus causing myocarditis.
So, instead of worrying about heart problems, you have to actively prevent the virus!
If you don't get myocarditis, you should be cautious when exercising after a cold
If the cold is more severe, and you have symptoms of poor breathing and fatigue, it is best not to exercise vigorously regardless of whether you have myocarditis or not.
If you force exercise, the heart rate increases and the myocardial oxygen consumption increases, which may become the last straw that crushes the heart, and if you don't do it well, you will have a heart attack and increase the risk of sudden death.
If you suddenly have angina, chest tightness, or symptoms such as toothache, left shoulder pain, and back pain while exercising, you must be careful, it may be a sign of a heart attack!
If you have a cold and can't hold back a restless heart and can't fall asleep without moving, then it's best to judge whether your situation is suitable for exercise.
Of course, this method is nothing more than a rough judgment of the type and severity of the cold, and there is always a lot of uncertainty in self-judgment, which cannot fully reflect the real situation of the body, so it can only be used as a reference, not too blind.
In short, although the essence of exercise is to make the body better, the body needs more after a cold to rest well.
Source: Health Times