What are the pros and cons of taking a cold shower?

Taking a bath is something people do frequently. In life, most people like to take a bath with hot water. Even in summer, many people feel that taking a bath with hot water is more comfortable. But there are also a few people who particularly like to take a bath with cold water. Even in the cold winter, they will take a cold shower. However, people with weak bodies certainly cannot do this. So what are the advantages and disadvantages of taking a cold shower?

Advantages and disadvantages of taking a cold shower:

1. Taking a cold shower can enhance your resistance and prevent some related diseases.

For example, taking a cold shower can increase the elasticity of blood vessels, which is helpful in preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

2. Taking a cold shower will irritate the skin, enhance the body's respiratory function, allow people to inhale more oxygen, and prevent some related respiratory diseases.

3. Taking a cold shower can strengthen your body and help you resist the cold outdoors in winter. For students, this is a great opportunity to exercise and save money. (Those with poor physical fitness should try not to try)

4. However, taking a cold shower also has certain harms. For example, if someone who has been taking hot showers suddenly takes a cold shower, this will cause the heart rate to accelerate, muscles to contract, nerves to become tense, etc., and will also make it easier to catch a cold. If you want to take cold showers in winter, you should start to adapt slowly in the fall.

It is recommended that people with poor physical constitution do not take cold showers.

5. For those who have just done strenuous exercise, they may just want to feel refreshed for a while and immediately go back to shower with cold water, but they don’t know that this will cause the pores to shrink and a large amount of heat will be accumulated in the body, which can easily cause dizziness, headaches, colds, and even more serious consequences.

Taking a cold shower can enhance your resistance and prevent some related diseases. For example, taking a cold shower can increase the elasticity of blood vessels, which is helpful in preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Taking a cold shower can also irritate the skin, enhance the body's respiratory function, allow people to inhale more oxygen, and prevent some related respiratory diseases.

Guidance:

Women must be careful when taking cold showers and must not take cold showers during menstruation. In addition, for people who have been taking hot showers and suddenly take a cold shower, this will cause their heart rate to accelerate, their muscles to contract, their nerves to become tense, and they will also be more likely to catch a cold.