Love to travel? There are 3 items that must be tried less and have a fatal risk.
And in the May Day trip, there is a "deadly bug" crisis that can not be ignored, if you find that there are inexplicable small black spots on the body, you must be vigilant whether it is "sting". If you do it wrong, you risk being paralyzed.
In the post-epidemic era, the tourism industry has exploded, and many people choose to travel during the long holiday, and overseas travel has become a hot topic. How can you travel safely and avoid health risks during your trip?
Don't choose 3 kinds of plays, there is a fatal risk?
When you go out on a trip, there are 3 popular tourism items, and you must be wary of the choice.
Fish spa at the hot spring
According to a Dailymail report, Victoria Curthoys, a 29-year-old woman in Australia, found that her toes were infected after returning to Australia from a trip to Thailand in 2010, which eventually led to the amputation of five fingers of her right foot. The reason for her amputation was that she was infected with group B streptococcus bacteria during a fish spa treatment.
This streptococcus is a facultative anaerobic gram-positive cocci, and once the invasive group B streptococcus enters the bloodstream, it can destroy different organs, causing meningitis, sepsis, cellulitis, infected arthritis, etc., and even death. In the early stage of infection, patients will only feel a little fever, physical discomfort, and no particularly violent manifestations, once they wait until the later stage, the human cervical spine, spine, joints, ankles and other positions may be invaded by group B streptococcus, resulting in serious infection, and even bone necrosis, amputation or death.
So what does this streptococcus have to do with fish therapy?
It turns out that although the hot spring fish themselves have no teeth, their mouths and tongues can scratch the skin, causing tiny wounds, and the hot spring fish can also come into contact with the very thin part of the toe of the human skin, and people may not even notice that they have small gaps in their toes that are not visible to the naked eye. However, these wounds can be infected with viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc., resulting in skin inflammation, ulcers, abscesses, etc.
Not only that, but the water quality of the hot spring fish spa is also worrying. If someone has a skin disease or wound, their blood or secretions can contaminate the pool and affect others as well. Fish therapy pools may not be changed or disinfected frequently, and the water quality may deteriorate, breeding various bacteria and parasites, and bringing harm to the human body.
Thai massage
According to a report by Sing Tao Daily, a young Hong Kong man suddenly experienced dizziness and headache after going to Thailand to experience a Thai massage. At first, he thought that it might be his neck sprain, but he didn't care. But after returning to Hong Kong, the symptoms did not go away, and a week later, the man suddenly lost sight in one eye. According to the doctor's diagnosis, it turned out that during the Thai massage, the man's neck blood vessels were injured, and a blood clot appeared, and the blood clot followed the blood vessels to the blood vessels at the bottom of the retina, resulting in blindness.
In fact, not only Thai massage, but also unprofessional massage has great risks. Improper massage, force, and external force injury may cause tears between the intima and the intima of the carotid artery, and intermural bleeding occurs in the blood vessels after the tear, and when subjected to strong blood impact, the intima is gradually peeled off and expanded, forming a true and false lumen in the artery, resulting in the manifestation of tear-like pain, and carotid artery dissection is an important cause of stroke.
And when carotid artery dissection first occurs, there may not be very obvious symptoms, which are easy to be ignored by people, such as: headache, neck pain, throbbing tinnitus, limb weakness, etc.!
Bubble hot springs
According to a report by the Korean National Daily, three South Korean tourists died in Japanese hot springs within two months of the resumption of visa-free entry for South Korean citizens from Japan.
Why is this happening?
This is because people can easily die from "heat shock" while soaking in hot springs. Heat shock is a symptom of stroke or myocardial infarction caused by a sharp rise in blood pressure when a person enters a warm space from a cold space. When undressing and preparing to take a bath, the body temperature changes will cause blood vessels to constrict, blood pressure will rise, the heart must strengthen to transport blood, if you soak directly in hot water, the blood vessels will dilate, blood pressure will fall, and the heart will temporarily reduce the amount of blood transported to the head, which can easily cause tragedies such as loss of consciousness or drowning.
According to comprehensive Japanese media reports, as many as 17,000 people died of heat shock in Japan in 2014, and most of their symptoms were drowning after losing consciousness.
Therefore, if you want to soak in hot springs, it is recommended that you pay attention to the following:
1. Don't soak for too long
When the body enters the hot spring with high temperature, it will accelerate blood circulation, and there will also be sweating, so you should pay attention to whether the body can bear it, you can stand up and sit back in time, and you should also pay attention to the length of bathing time, generally about 10 minutes is enough, do not soak for too long.
2. Don't go to the bath alone
It is best not to go to the bath pool alone, take a bath or confirm that there are still other people at the bathing site, so that when there is an emergency, at least someone can find and assist in calling for help at the first time.
3. Don't go to the soup immediately after eating
Blood flows to the stomach and intestines after meals to help people digest, at this time it is not appropriate to take a bath or soak in the soup immediately, it will cause indigestion or physical discomfort, it is best to take a bath and soak in the soup at least 1 hour after meals.
4. Pay attention to the water temperature
When soaking in hot springs, try not to exceed 40 degrees Celsius too much, the normal body temperature of the human body is about 37.5 degrees, the hot springs of the hot springs are mainly close to the human body temperature, do not pursue high-temperature pools, too high water temperature is easy to stimulate the sympathetic nerves, causing blood pressure to soar, more than 45 degrees of spring water is more likely to soak in the risk of burns.
5. Do not soak in the soup after drinking
Going directly to the bath or soup after drinking can easily cause low blood pressure, dizziness and nausea in severe cases, and sudden cerebral hemorrhage in severe cases, so special attention must be paid to it.
6. Slow down the soup and get up slowly
Since the hot spring water is higher than the body temperature, you should enter the bathing pool slowly, do not rush, so as not to suddenly maladapt to the body, you can also pay attention to the position of the bathing water level, if you are worried that the body can not be loaded suddenly, you can take a half-body bath first, do not bury the whole body in the water. It is also recommended to take a warm shower before entering the hot spring pool, so that the body can gradually adjust to the water temperature, and please slow down when leaving the hot spring pool, some hot spring pools are in a semi-open space, and it is easy to feel the cold wind and cold air together, and sudden temperature changes can also cause physical discomfort.
The terrible "killer bug", which infects 60,000 people every year
When traveling to warmer places, most people bring mosquito repellent because it is well known that mosquitoes can transmit various infectious diseases. But what most people don't know is that, in addition to mosquitoes, there is a terrible "killer bug" that infects 60,000 people every year.
This "killer bug" carries and transmits 83 viral, 31 bacterial and 32 protozoal diseases. Once a person is "hit", he may be infected with fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, Lyme disease, forest encephalitis, babesiosis, tick-borne typhus, and so on. In severe cases, if the treatment is not timely, it can be paralyzed or die within 2 weeks, and the mortality rate is as high as more than 30%. What exactly is this terrible life-killing bug?
It's called a tick.
Ticks grow and multiply by sucking the blood of humans or other animals, and when not noticed, ticks can find areas with thin skin (such as the neck, behind the ears, navel, toes, legs) and bite. Ticks are extremely blood-sucking and can become several times larger after sucking blood.
What's even more terrifying is that most people don't notice when they are bitten by a tick. This is because the tick's head has an organ called the infraoral plate, which has many inverted teeth that hook the skin of a person or animal when the tick bites it. In addition, the mouthparts of ticks also secrete paralyzing fluid, making it difficult for people to detect the presence of ticks.
Ticks are mainly active from April to October, and prefer to inhabit shady grasses, trees, bushes, etc., once bitten by a tick, after 7-9 days of incubation of symptoms, the following symptoms may appear:
✅ Fever, body temperature is mostly above 38 °C, severe cases continue to have high fever, the fever can last for more than 10 days.
✅ With fatigue, obvious anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, etc.
✅ Superficial lymphadenopathy in the neck, armpits, and groin is often tender.
✅ Rarely, in severe cases, secondary bacterial, viral, and fungal infections may occur.
So when you travel, remember to do these things to prevent tick bites:
1. Don't lean against the trees to enjoy the shade, and lay out the mat when camping on the grass;
2. Do not sit or lie down for a long time in grass, grass, woods and other environments;
3. Walk in the middle of the road, away from wild grasses and shrubs on the side of the road;
4. Repellents can be applied on the body to prevent ticks from climbing the body;
5. It is recommended to wear light-colored, smooth, long-sleeved trousers with a cuff, and wear a hat;
6. Do not wear open-toe sandals, slippers, etc.;
7. When you leave the lawn, bush or at the end of your adventure, remember to check your whole body in time to avoid ticks staying on your body and clothing;
8. If you are traveling with your pet, you should also check whether there are ticks on your pet when you return home.
What happens if you get bitten by a tick?
1. Try to remove it within 24 hours to reduce the probability of infection. It is recommended to seek medical attention to take it out, and if you can't get medical help in a short time, you can consider taking it out yourself.
2. Do not pinch, pull, fire or other things to irritate the tick, if the tick is pulled off, the mouthparts can easily remain in the skin, increasing the possibility of infection.
3. If you want to take it out by yourself, you should apply ether, kerosene, turpentine, and dry tobacco oil to the head of the tick, or light a mosquito coil next to the tick to "anesthetize" the tick and let it loosen its mouth on its own; Or thickly coat the head of the tick with liquid paraffin wax or glycerin to suffocate and loosen the mouth.
4. If you have symptoms such as fever, inflammation and ulceration of the bite site and erythema after a tick bite, you should seek medical attention in time.
Don't eat this dish when traveling!
When traveling, although you should enjoy the local food, you should pay attention to the fact that no matter which city or country you are in, there is one dish that is not recommended for everyone.
This is because, if you choose this dish while traveling, you may be poisoned by "Shigella"!
Shigella infection is an intestinal infection caused by a bacterium of the genus Shigella. The main symptom of Shigella infection is diarrhea, often with blood. Shigella is extremely contagious and can be spread by eating contaminated food, drinking unsafe water, or swimming in unsafe water.
Symptoms of Shigella infection usually begin to appear a day or two after exposure to Shigella:
✅ Diarrhea (usually containing blood or mucus)
✅ Stomach pain or cramps
✅Fever.
✅ Nausea or vomiting
✅ Symptoms generally last about 5 to 7 days
What are the most susceptible foods to Shigella? In fact, it is a cold dish. Shigella can also survive for 1-2 weeks in milk, fruits, and vegetables, and 10 days in feces, and can be killed by 30 minutes of light, and will die after 10-30 minutes of heating at 58-60 degrees Celsius.
So in fact, heated food is not very likely to infect people with Shigella. However, Shigella is hardy and can survive for 3 months in ice cubes, while it can also survive in raw fruits and vegetables for 1-2 weeks, making it very susceptible to infection.
Not only that, but when traveling, you can't confirm whether the cold vegetables have been left in an unclean or too hot environment for a long time before being served to you, and whether the green vegetables have been cleaned, so there may be a risk of contracting not only Shigella, but also other germs. Therefore, when traveling, in order not to vomit and diarrhea, and have a healthy and happy journey, it is recommended that everyone eat less cold dishes during the trip.
In the process of traveling, everyone also needs to be wary of a dangerous "water", which can make people vomit and diarrhea, and at worst make people stay in the ICU. And this "water" may be something you drink every day.
Source: Phoenix Health
Editor-in-charge: Messi