In summer, bathing has become a daily must, but it has brought some unexpected problems.
A few days ago, Ding Yahui, deputy chief physician of the Department of Cardiology of Zhejiang People's Hospital, sent a sobering long microblog, "A bucket of water destroyed a home". A bucket of cold water separated the family from yin and yang!
This is not a story meeting, but the truth around us
Dr. Ding said that he wrote this long microblog at more than five o'clock in the morning, three or four hours after the announcement of the patient's death. When writing, he was in a very complicated mood - a bucket of cold water separated the couple from Yin and Yang
The following is Dr. Ding's process of restoring this matter:
After several hours in the emergency room, I finally returned to the duty room in a helpless and unwilling mood.
This is a 53 year old miocardial infarction The family members of the male patient took great pains to send him from Jiaxing with the last hope, but when he got off the ambulance, he was no good. The medical staff in the emergency room were very helpful and professional, and started standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the first time.
When I arrived, I joined in. After more than half an hour, the patient barely recovered his heartbeat, which can cause massive myocardial infarction and long-term cardiogenic shock The patient's last hope has been destroyed, and our efforts have finally come to nothing.
With the support of large dose of cardiotonic and pressure boosting, the patient still went because of the ineffectiveness of rescue. When his family asked me to tell his wife the bad news directly, she was already crying and could not speak, but nodded helplessly. Looking at her, I felt like a defeated soldier, helpless and unwilling. ①
The beginning of this tragedy was just a bucket of cold water 40 hours ago, a bucket of cold water intended to relieve the heat.
Before the patient poured the bucket of cold water on himself, he was considered by others to be "strong enough to kill a tiger". But after pouring cold water, he began to have persistent chest tightness. At the beginning, he thought he was just suffering from heatstroke, so he stayed away from the hospital.
A few hours later, he found that the situation was getting worse and worse, and he also had chest pain. He rushed to the local hospital immediately, and found that it was a massive myocardial infarction.
The local hospital was also very professional, so it quickly intervened him and opened the completely blocked anterior descending branch with a stent, but his condition was still getting worse little by little. His blood pressure began to lose support, chest tightness worsened again, and his internal environment gradually collapsed. At the moment he finally arrived at our hospital, his heart stopped working completely.
I hope you can learn from this sad story to avoid sudden cold stimulation and reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
This is the cause of the tragedy
The hot weather made the patient feel uncomfortable all over. He went to fetch a bucket of water with bare arms and poured it down from his head. He felt a lot cooler in a moment, but soon he had chest tightness and sweating
Three hours later, the myocardial infarction occurred in a large area, and the blood pressure became lower and lower, Cardiogenic shock , cardiac and respiratory arrest, several rescues, large doses of cardiotonic and vasopressor drugs, and still regrettably passed away
There are many similar tragic cases
In the summer of 2013, Zhou, a 40 year old man in Shenyang, took a cold bath after running in the morning. As a result, he suffered from myocardial infarction and fell into the bathroom and never recovered;
In the summer of 2012, a 19-year-old young man in Beijing had a sudden cardiac arrest while chatting with his colleagues after taking a bath. Although his heartbeat recovered briefly after being rescued by his colleagues on the scene, he still failed to recover;
In the summer of 2010, Yu Feng, a 40 year old man in Dalian, took a cold bath in the dormitory after finishing his shift, which caused heart disease Sudden, sudden death Death.
Avoid sudden cold stimulation in summer
For such cases, doctors believe that sudden cold stimulation will not only cause vasoconstriction, leading to high blood pressure, but sometimes even lead to severe spasm of coronary artery and plaque rupture, thrombus Formation acute myocardial infarction , life threatening.
This situation is most likely to occur in people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so this article also hopes that we can learn lessons, reduce sudden cold stimulation, and avoid cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risks. ①
In hot summer, many people like to take a cold bath to relieve the heat. In order to avoid such a tragedy, it is not to say that you cannot take a bath with cold water or drink ice water at all. As long as you master the correct method, you can avoid risks.
If you are used to taking a cold bath in summer, you'd better follow the principle of gradual progress, in other words, give the body a time to adapt to changes in temperature. When washing, first wet your hands and feet, then wipe your chest and back with a towel soaked in cold water, and then wet your whole body with cold water. Wipe dry quickly after washing until the skin turns red. If you feel refreshed, you will get good results. If you feel chilly, you should shorten the shower time or raise the water temperature.
The same is true when swimming in summer. Experienced people will pat water on their bodies first and then go into the water after they get used to it, while inexperienced people will easily cause cramps if they go directly into the water.
Don't take a bath under these six conditions
Take a bath frequently in summer. In addition to using cold water carefully, there are also some situations to pay attention to. For example, never take a bath when these six situations occur.
1。 Don't take a bath when you are sweating
When a person sweats, the subcutaneous blood vessels expand, the pores enlarge, and the blood circulation accelerates. If he suddenly bathes in cold water, the subcutaneous blood vessels will immediately shrink, the pores will immediately close, the secretion of sweat glands will immediately stop, and the channels for heat dissipation on the body will be blocked. Once the heat in the body cannot continue to dissipate, people will feel the skin is hot and vulnerable cold , serious may lead to acute myocardial infarction!
2。 Don't take a bath when your blood pressure is low
Because the water temperature is high when bathing, and the water with too high temperature can dilate blood vessels, hypotension 30% of people are prone to cerebral insufficiency and collapse. ②
3。 Don't take a bath after drinking
Alcohol can inhibit liver function and prevent glycogen release. When taking a bath, the glucose consumption in the body will increase. Bathing after drinking, blood sugar can not be replenished in time, which is easy to happen dizzy , dizziness, general weakness and other symptoms, and hypoglycemic coma may occur in severe cases. ③
4。 Don't take a bath after exercise
After both physical and mental labor, you should take a break before taking a bath. Otherwise, it is easy to cause insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain, or even fainting.
5。 have a fever Not suitable for bathing
When the body temperature rises to 38 ℃, the body's heat consumption can increase by 20%. At this time, the body is weak, and bathing is prone to accidents. ②
6。 It is not suitable to take a bath immediately after dinner
After a meal, the blood in the body is concentrated in the digestive system to help digest food. If you take a bath at this time, the surrounding blood vessels will expand and the blood will be redistributed. Causes a relative decrease in the blood circulation of the digestive system, which can indigestion Etc.
