Can patients with hypertension take a sauna?

Most people would think that sauna is a good way to relax and relieve stress, but there are some principles of sauna that you should pay attention to. In particular, patients with high blood pressure should never use sauna. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases or myocardial infarction should not use sauna.

1. Many people like to go to the sauna room to "steam" to relieve stress and relax their nerves, which is also good for health. However, not everyone can use the sauna, especially those patients with cardiovascular or underlying diseases. If they are not careful, they may get into big trouble. Recently, there have been reports of myocardial infarction and other diseases induced by "steaming" in saunas. This shows that saunas also vary from person to person.

2. Steaming in the sauna speeds up blood circulation and helps eliminate toxins from the body. Many people have this experience: after coming out of the sauna, the body that originally felt heavy suddenly becomes light, and the mind is also relaxed a lot. This is also an important reason why people love this way of leisure.

3. It is understood that when taking a sauna, people are exposed to constant high-temperature mist naked. The heat is dissipated through a large amount of sweating, the skin capillaries are fully expanded, the blood circulation is accelerated, the tissue cells in the body get more oxygen and nutrients, and the excess fat waste and lactic acid accumulated in the body are also quickly discharged from the body. Therefore, steaming in a sauna has the health benefits of unblocking blood vessels, relaxing nerves, and relieving fatigue. At the same time, it can also accelerate skin metabolism and enhance skin elasticity and smoothness.

4. Taking a sauna also depends on a person's physical condition. People with poor heart function, cardiomyopathy, or congenital heart disease cannot take a sauna. Also, patients with cardiovascular disease or potential patients without symptoms, including people with chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, high blood viscosity, as well as people with diabetes, obesity, and a family history of heart disease are not suitable for taking a sauna.

5. The fundamental cause of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is the contradiction between supply and demand of blood. "Changes in the environment, weather, seasons, and air pressure are all risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases."