Many people use heating or air conditioning for heating in winter, but they are also prone to heating diseases. So what is heating disease? What are the symptoms of heating disease? How should we prevent heating diseases in winter?
What is heating disease
Heating disease, as the name suggests, refers to the disease caused by heating.
Winter is cold, so we will choose to use heating equipment. The indoor heating is open and the doors and windows are closed, resulting in poor and dry air circulation. Coupled with heating facilities such as heating, air conditioning and electric heating, the room temperature will be too high, making the indoor air drier and more polluted, providing a 'hotbed' for the breeding and spread of bacteria. This leads to the decline of immune function and resistance, leading to people's irritability, dry nasopharynx, dizziness, weakness and so on. These symptoms are called 'heating disease' in medicine. This is the so-called 'heating disease' to heat up the heating, so it is also called heating disease.
Cause analysis of heating disease
1. During the heating period in winter, the room is very warm. Residents live in an environment with relative humidity of about 50%, which is most comfortable. Too dry environment is easy to cause respiratory diseases. During the heating period, residents generally close the doors and windows, and the indoor air is relatively dry. Dry environment is easy to reduce people's respiratory system resistance, thus causing or aggravating respiratory diseases.
The symptoms of patients are cough and pharyngeal discomfort. Some patients with tracheitis relapse. This is the 'heating disease' induced by dry indoor air after heating. When the air humidity is lower than 40%, respiratory symptoms such as bronchitis and bronchial asthma are easy to occur.
2. Many patients with nosebleed, chest tightness and weakness have these symptoms because they enter the heating period and are heated indoors. The room is airtight, resulting in 'heating sickness'. " Heating disease 'is not a medical disease. In the northern region, due to the large indoor and outdoor temperature difference after heating, the indoor doors and windows are closed, the air is dry and does not circulate, it will cause symptoms such as dry nasopharynx, nosebleed, weakness, dizziness and nausea.
3. Dryness is the fatal killer of the skin, which will accelerate the loss of water in the body, make the body fibers lose toughness and lead to fracture, so as to form unrecoverable wrinkles. The temperature in some rooms is too high. Due to excessive sweating, it can cause blood concentration, increased blood viscosity, vasodilation and insufficient blood volume, which can cause cardiovascular disease symptoms such as decreased blood pressure and angina pectoris.
How to avoid heating disease in winter
1. Control the indoor temperature and humidity and properly ventilate
When the indoor heating is open, the room temperature should be kept between 18 and 24 ℃, and the humidity should be 50% to 60%. Frequently open windows for ventilation. Generally, the windows are opened once in the morning and evening, and the opening time of each window is not less than 30 minutes.
To control indoor humidity, you can use a humidifier or put a basin of water, and raise more green plants indoors. At the same time, boil vinegar fumigation or peracetic acid disinfection once every two days.
Heating can also cause dry skin, leading to pruritus, changing laundry and bathing frequently. This can avoid dry skin, itching and other 'heating diseases'. Therefore, when bathing, the water temperature should be about 32 ℃, and it is not suitable to use too much soap.
2. Watch your diet
During the heating period in the cold season, you should try to drink more boiled water, eat more vegetables, eat more fruits with sufficient water and containing a variety of vitamins, eat less spicy and stimulating food, choose some warm foods, such as sesame, radish and tofu, do not eat or eat less spicy food, do not drink or drink less.
3. Pay attention to mental and emotional recuperation and exercise properly
In winter, treating 'freezing' with exercise can also reduce the occurrence of 'heating disease'. Physical exercise is essential. The amount of exercise should be reasonably arranged according to the weather and personal health. Generally, you can choose jogging, cycling, etc.
The best way to recuperate is to get enough sleep, go to bed early and get up late. At the same time, we should pay more attention to the sun, strengthen physical exercise, and try to avoid tension, irritability, depression and other states caused by autonomic nerve dysfunction. On weekends, you can go outdoors to climb mountains and look far, which helps to maintain optimism and peace of mind. However, the amount of exercise and fitness activities at this stage should not be too large or violent, and it is appropriate to sweat slightly.
What if you suffer from these heating symptoms
People who often stay in the heating room may encounter the following problems, which are the symptoms of heating disease & DARR;
1. Midnight thirst: if you often feel thirsty in the middle of the night, it is also one of the symptoms of heating disease.
Countermeasures: you can drink black plum Ophiopogon japonicus tea. 3 black plums and 3 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus. Drink after brewing with boiling water.
2. Dry nose bleeding: after waking up in the morning, the nose will be very dry and even bloody. In severe cases, nose bleeding will occur.
Countermeasures: soak honeysuckle and Siraitia grosvenorii in water.
3. Sore throat: sore throat is also one of the symptoms of heating disease.
Countermeasures: honeysuckle, raw licorice and pangdahai are brewed in boiling water and drunk frequently instead of tea.
4. Cough: the cough caused by heating disease is generally dry cough with little or no phlegm.
Countermeasures: you can drink snow pear rock sugar and Tremella sugar water, and the effect is good.