Some habits and behaviors may increase the risk of inflammation in the body and may even lead to the occurrence of various inflammatory diseases.
The following 5 behaviors are increasing the risk of inflammation in the body, but many people ignore them.
1. Tourist rampage - induce synovitis
Running ten scenic spots a day and walking 30,000 steps a day, many people start a "special forces" type of tourism during a long vacation, but it may bring great pressure to the knee joint. In 2023, Hubei Xiangyang Xinhua Hospital shared a real case: a lady traveled with friends during the holiday, and was on the road for 3 or 4 consecutive days, walking more than 20,000 per day.
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Synovitis is inflammation produced by various causes that stimulate synovial damage, and the main symptom is pain + swelling. If the joint cavity is compared to a room, then the synovium is equivalent to the wallpaper in the room. The synovium is a kind of soft tissue attached to the inner wall of the joint cavity, which mainly secretes lubricant to the joint and protects the articular cartilage.
Chen Shanghong, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Orthopedics of Xiangyang Xinhua Hospital, reminded the hospital's official account in 2023 that if you only walk 3,000 steps in normal times, then 6,000 steps is appropriate for tourism. If the number of steps you walk more than twice as much as usual, it will directly affect the health of your knees.
2. Excessive alcohol consumption - stomach inflammation
When you're partying and drinking during the holidays, your stomach is under pressure. After drinking, it may cause damage and inflammation of the gastric mucosa, and severe gastric ulcers, gastric bleeding and even perforation are also common. In 2022, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine shared a case: 35-year-old Xiao Liu (pseudonym) is usually busy with work and irregular diet, and during the Spring Festival holiday, he is busy with various drinking bureaus for a few days, and he only arrives home when he is drunk every night. When I woke up in the morning, I found that my stool was black, and my stomach hurt and heartburn. When I went to the hospital for examination, the gastric mucosa was congested and erosive, scattered in many oozing spots. Acute alcoholic gastritis due to excessive alcohol consumption is considered.
Wang Aling, a physician from the Department of Spleen and Gastroenterology of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, published an article on the hospital's official account in 2022 to remind that acute alcoholic gastritis is an acute disease, mainly due to excessive drinking, alcohol enters the human body and is quickly absorbed by the gastric mucosa, resulting in gastric mucosal congestion, edema, erosion, bleeding, and even ulcers, and even acute gastric perforation, which is harmful to health.
Be careful if you experience epigastric pain, fullness and discomfort after drinking alcohol, and may be accompanied by acid reflux, heartburn, nausea, and vomiting.
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3. Staying up late and not sleeping - the whole body "inflammatory storm"
Many people will "stay up late with revenge" during the holidays, chasing dramas and playing games...... However, this reversal of day and night and lack of sleep can set off an "inflammatory storm" throughout the body. A 2023 study published in Cell found that chronic sleep deprivation can lead to severe systemic inflammation and premature death.
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The researchers used mice with very similar physiological and biochemical characteristics to humans to simulate changes in their bodies in a sleep-deprived state. However, in just four days, 80% of sleep-deprived mice died prematurely.
Pathological examination of sleep-deprived mice found that multiple organs such as liver, spleen, lungs, intestines, and kidneys were damaged, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome appeared. The levels of 27 pro-inflammatory cytokines in the serum of mice were measured. It was found that most pro-inflammatory factors increased with prolonged sleep deprivation, inducing a systemic inflammatory storm and leading to premature death.
It can be seen that regular and adequate sleep is the foundation of health, and you should also sleep well during the holidays.
4. Overeating - pancreatitis
During the holidays, many people will gather for a big meal or travel to taste all kinds of delicious food, but you must be careful to avoid overeating as much as possible. In 2024, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine University City Hospital shared a case: During the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, Xiao Xie (pseudonym) ate 7 crabs in one go. That night, he experienced abdominal pain, bloating, nausea and vomiting. After taking painkillers at home, the symptoms not only did not improve, but worsened. After going to the emergency department, he was found to be "severe acute pancreatitis", and his condition was very critical, and he was immediately transferred to the ICU for rescue.
The doctor inquired about the medical history in detail and learned that Xiao Xie was overweight, had poor living habits, and had problems such as high blood lipids and high blood sugar in his body for a long time. This time, I ate a large amount of high-fat crab roe and crab paste, which was like a fuse, triggering an alarm in the body, leading to severe acute pancreatitis.
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Common symptoms of acute pancreatitis are abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, etc. Li Xiaofeng, director of the Department of Internal Medicine and director of the Department of Gastroenterology of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, reminded in an interview with China.com Health in 2024 that a large intake of food, especially high-fat and high-protein foods, may stimulate the pancreas to secrete a large amount of pancreatic juice, causing the pressure in the pancreatic duct to increase suddenly, causing pancreatic juice to reflux into the pancreatic tissue, and the enzymes that originally existed in the inactive form inside the pancreas are activated under abnormal conditions and begin to digest the pancreas' own tissues, thereby causing acute pancreatitis.
5. Holding urine - urinary tract inflammation
Traveling during the holidays, some people will experience the embarrassing situation of holding their urine. In 2024, Metropolis Express once shared a case where college student Xiaoxiao (pseudonym) arranged a full schedule during the holiday, because everywhere was packed, and everywhere had to queue up, and "holding urine" became a last resort. As a result, I finally went home, and found that I couldn't urinate smoothly, I felt like I couldn't finish urinating, and I just stood up and wanted to pee, accompanied by pain in my lower abdomen, and I was startled when I saw it, and the color of my urine turned pink. After going to the hospital, Xiaoxiao was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection, and holding urine for a long time also caused her bladder detrusor muscle to contract weakly, so she would feel difficult to urinate.
Hu Haiping, deputy director of the Department of Urology of Zhejiang Hospital, said in an article published on the hospital's official account in 2024 that long-term holding of urine, continuous expansion of detrusor muscles, excessive fatigue, and long-term urine in the bladder are easy for women to give enough time for bacteria to invade the bladder to grow, resulting in acute bacterial cystitis. Long-term urine holding in men will cause urine prostatic reflux and cause chronic prostatitis.
The best way not to hold your urine is to prepare in advance, for example, go to the toilet before going out and drink less water on the way; Eat something and then drink water, the food will absorb the water like a sponge, prolonging the excretion time; Diapers can be prepared, at least decently better than with a bottle, etc.
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