Is taking a shower in the morning good for your health?

Taking a bath is very comfortable for everyone, especially before going to bed at night. If you take a hot shower, it can not only remove physical fatigue, but also help people sleep. It has many benefits to the human body. However, it is generally not recommended to take a shower in the morning. Morning is the time when various organs of the human body recover. If you take a shower in the morning, it is easy to increase the organs of the body, which is not good for your health.

Four taboos of bathing

1. It is not advisable to take a bath after a full meal

Eat a full meal, take a bath, and surf the Internet comfortably. Such a life sounds so wonderful. However, this poses a huge health risk!

Because after a full meal, the stomach and intestines need to digest and absorb the food. If you take a shower at this time, the blood vessels in the skin will dilate, a large amount of blood will be concentrated on the body surface, and the blood supply to the abdominal cavity will be reduced accordingly, which can easily lead to indigestion and gastrointestinal dysfunction. At the same time, you may also experience symptoms such as chest tightness, dizziness, hypoglycemia, and even collapse and fainting.

Therefore, it is best to take a bath 1-2 hours after a meal.

2. Don’t take a shower immediately after strenuous exercise or when you are hungry

If you take a shower immediately after strenuous exercise, it can easily cause insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain, or even fainting. If you take a shower when you are hungry, your blood sugar will not be replenished in time, and you can easily experience dizziness, blurred vision, and general weakness. In severe cases, you may even suffer from hypoglycemia and coma.

3. Don’t go to bed right after taking a shower

Although taking a bath can improve sleep, it is not advisable to go to bed immediately after taking a bath. Because the body temperature will rise after taking a shower, it is not conducive to the secretion of "melatonin", a hormone that helps sleep. It is best to schedule a bath 1-2 hours before bedtime. After taking a bath, you can do a hydrating mask or listen to some light music, and then go to sleep peacefully after everything has calmed down.

At the same time, you need to pay attention to the fact that you must blow dry your hair before going to bed after taking a shower. If you sleep with wet hair as a pillow, it will not only seriously affect the quality of sleep, but also easily cause headaches.

4. Don’t take a bath for too long

Some people like to take a bath, or even listen to music in the bathtub. But taking a bath for too long is not good for your health. Taking a bath for too long can easily make people tired and cause ischemia and hypoxia of the heart. In severe cases, it can cause coronary artery spasm, thrombosis, and even induce arrhythmia and sudden death. In addition, if you bathe for too long, the blood supply to the head will be reduced, which can easily lead to cerebral ischemia and accidents. Therefore, if you take a tub bath, 20 minutes is enough.

Men and women represent the positive and negative sides of everything in the world. After all, men and women are of different genders, have different bodies, and have different physiques. There are also some differences in their daily lives. Even women have to pay attention to more things when taking a bath than men, and if they take a bath according to their usual unhealthy habits, there will be many hidden disadvantages.

1. It is not advisable to take a bath immediately after work

Whether it is physical labor or mental labor, you should rest for a while before taking a shower, otherwise it will easily cause insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain, or even fainting.

2. It is not advisable to take a bath when you have a fever

When a person's body temperature rises to 38°C, the body's heat consumption can increase by 20%, and the body is relatively weak, so accidents are prone to occur when taking a bath at this time.

3. Don’t go to bed right after taking a bath

It is best to bathe two hours before bedtime. Sleep often comes after the body temperature drops. A hot bath will increase the body temperature and delay the release of "sleep hormone" by the brain. If you can only take a shower before going to bed one day, you can apply a cold wet towel to your forehead for 5 minutes after bathing to allow your body temperature to return to normal levels and fall asleep as soon as possible.

4. It is not advisable to take a bath during menstruation

During menstruation, the endometrium is shed, leaving wounds in the uterine cavity; cervical mucus is flushed out by menstrual blood, and the cervical opening is slightly open; menstrual blood stays in the vagina, which is a good culture medium for bacteria. The above results in temporary destruction of the local protective barrier function of the reproductive tract. Coupled with the decrease in body resistance during menstruation, when taking a bath, sewage and bacteria in the vagina may ascend through the cervical canal to the uterine cavity and cause infection, so it should be prohibited.

5. The water temperature should not be too high

Water temperature that is too high can easily destroy the oil on the skin surface, causing capillary dilation and aggravating the degree of skin dryness. At the same time, it will increase the burden on the heart, because the blood vessels in the skin throughout the body will dilate significantly, causing a large amount of blood to flow to the skin all over the body, causing ischemia and hypoxia of the heart. Especially for people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and hypertension, high water temperature can increase blood pressure and heart rate, increase the burden on the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, and increase blood viscosity.

Recommendation: The water temperature should be between 30℃ and 40℃. 6. Cold water showers have many harmful effects

When taking a cold shower, the water temperature is too low and the human body will feel cold, producing a series of stress reactions, such as increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, muscle contraction, nervous tension, etc. It not only fails to eliminate fatigue, but also easily causes colds, so it should be avoided as much as possible. Due to special physiological reasons, especially for women during menstruation, lactation and pregnancy, the stimulation of cold water will cause endocrine disorders, amenorrhea, abdominal pain, and many bacteria will enter the vagina and cause gynecological diseases such as vaginitis. Severe cases will have a certain impact on women's future pregnancy and physical health.