5 ways to stay healthy when it is cold

Dr. Tongi Tong Thi Ngoc Cam, Deputy Director of Northern Medical, VNVC immunization system, recommended as above when the Northern provinces welcome the cold air, the temperature is at 12-13 degrees Celsius with drizzle, The wind is cold. The weather is favorable for pathogens to attack the body, causing symptoms such as colds, flu, asthma, sore throat, pneumonia, increasing the risk of stroke.

Doctors consulting people can apply the following tips to keep warm, protect health:

Wear, avoid out when it’s too cold

The cold air dries the nasal and throat mucosa, creating conditions for bacteria and viruses to grow, which can easily cause rhinitis and sore throat. Cold and continuous changes also irritate the respiratory mucosa, causing cough, asthma, colds. Some special locations may have blood vessel spasms, hypertension and increase the risk of stroke, myocardial infarction.

According to Dr. Cam, a group of people over 65 years old, a history of many chronic diseases and children with poor resistance, more susceptible to infection due to the ability to produce heat against poor cold. Therefore, the doctor recommends that people wear warm, avoiding out when the weather is too cold, especially around 6-9am. Children should not play outdoors when the weather is below 15 degrees Celsius, with wind, damp rain.

People should wear thick coats, thermal pants, scarves, hats, gloves, socks and masks to shield the body the best. In particular, it is necessary to keep the body dry, avoiding moisture, especially the neck, arms and legs to minimize the risk of cold weather diseases.

Protection equipment when working outdoors

People working outdoors or in cold environments, cold winds, lack of sunlight like farmers, breeding, trading, workers … Pay attention to keep the body warm to avoid exhaustion.

The necessary items include waterproof shirts, raincoats, hats, cotton cushion gloves and foreign waterproof layers, warm and waterproof shoes. People avoid letting the body get wet, because wet clothes will lose heat quickly, leading to colds.

In the process of working, if you feel your body heats up, people can slowly take off the shirt to avoid sweating and keep the heat properly. Note to wear more masks when working to protect the respiratory tract from dirt and cold air.

Heating

When it is cold, many families use fireplaces or firewood, coal, but closed the door to keep the heat. This causes CO to accumulate, causing gas poisoning leading to brain damage, nerves, heart rate, coma, death.

Therefore, the doctor recommends that people pay attention to heating safely and avoiding gas poisoning. Everyone should use an electric heater or air conditioner with heating function. When it is cold from the outside, do not turn on the heater immediately because it can cause heat shock, should change wet clothes, wear warm coats and adjust the temperature gradually. Take care to put the heating temperature in moderation and do not heat for too long.

Drink enough water, moderate activities

The body often dehydrated more in the cold. The reason, the dry air loses nearly a liter of water a day through the skin, respiratory mucosa, eyes and gastrointestinal tract. The cold season reduces the “thirst” reflex of the body.

Lack of water weakens the immune system, reducing the ability to combat pathogens. More seriously, dehydration increases the risk of blood vessel diseases, increases the risk of stroke and prolongs the recovery time of stroke.

Therefore, even though it is cold, people still need to drink enough water to help warm the body, maintain skin moisture. People can use hot drinks like herbal tea or hot soup to help the body warm and avoid dehydration.

Besides, people should maintain a moderate diet, diet full nutrients and get enough sleep to improve resistance. People can exercise and exercise properly at home to increase overall health.

Hygiene and vaccination against disease

To prevent the spread of bacteria and pathogens, regular handbanging habits should be maintained, especially after going to the toilet, sneezing, before processing food or eating, after contact with Public items.

People do not need to abstain from bathing, do not bathe after 22:00, take a bath too long or bathe where it is not airy because it is prone to heat shock, life -threatening.

The doctor recommends that people inject the influenza vaccine and respiratory diseases to protect their health. The reason, the flu virus can invade and cause complications in high risk groups such as the elderly, young children, pregnant women, immunodeficiency, background disease, obesity. In people with immunodeficiency, background disease, living in cold weather and polluted air, the airway is narrowed, spasms, weakening the ability to eliminate secretions, increasing the risk of prolonged influenza , heavier.

Currently, Vietnam has a full range of vaccines to prevent common influenza viruses or quadrilateral, including influenza A/H1N1, A/H3N2, B/Yamagata, B/Victoria. In particular, the type of France, the Netherlands and South Korea inject children from 6 months of age and adults. The type of Vietnam injected from people from 18 to 60 years old.

Children from 6 months to under 9 years old have never been injected with two -shot injecting two -nose for at least 1 month apart. People from 9 years old and older only need to inject a nose. The influenza vaccine should be repeated an annual nose to update with the influenza strain circulating as recommended by WHO.

Besides the flu, people can also inject more vaccines to prevent diseases caused by pneumonia, easily superinfected with other pathogens, meningococcal brain, measles, pertussis … because these diseases are easily contagious Lan in cold and erratic weather conditions.