Is it good to take a sauna before a physical examination? Benefits of taking a sauna

People occasionally take a sauna in their daily lives, which can help eliminate some toxins from the body. However, if you take a sauna before a physical examination, it will affect the results of the physical examination. Especially for some people with male diseases, taking a sauna will cause inaccurate examination results. Therefore, it is best to avoid taking a sauna before a physical examination.

Benefits of taking a sauna

Sauna bathing is a special bathing method that has the dual functions of cleansing the skin and treating diseases. It relieves pain and relaxes joints by alternating between hot and cold. For the skin, due to the obvious expansion of skin blood vessels and heavy sweating during the steam bath, blood circulation is improved. Sweat excretion helps to eliminate waste from the body, allowing various tissues in the skin to obtain more nutrition. It has different degrees of therapeutic effects on many skin diseases such as ichthyosis, psoriasis, and pruritus. Disadvantages of Sauna: Sauna bathing is a fashionable and healthy way of leisure. After sweating all over, your whole body will relax and all fatigue will disappear, so many people with stressful work situations like this.

However, medical experts warn that frequent sauna use may be a contributing factor to male infertility. In Finland, the birthplace of sauna, the incidence of male infertility is quite high, which is not unrelated to the local people's love of taking saunas. The temperature of the testicles is generally 3-4℃ lower than the human body temperature in order to produce normal sperm. Sperm has strict temperature requirements and must be below body temperature to develop normally. The temperature of a sauna is much higher than body temperature, which is not conducive to sperm growth, or may cause sperm motility to decrease excessively, leading to infertility. According to clinical statistics, a considerable number of male infertility cases are caused by testicular temperatures being higher than normal.

Relevant experts remind that for unmarried and childless men, in addition to not taking too many saunas, other factors that can increase testicular temperature should be avoided as much as possible, such as long-term cycling, hot baths, sitting for a long time, wearing tight jeans, etc. Of course, this doesn’t mean you can’t take a sauna at all. It’s okay to do it occasionally. If you already have children, you can enjoy it without any worries. Sauna has certain health benefits for the human body: it can speed up blood circulation, relax muscles in all parts of the body, and achieve the purpose of eliminating fatigue and refreshing the spirit. At the same time, due to the repeated hot and cold dry steaming of the body, the blood vessels are constantly contracted and expanded, which can enhance the elasticity of blood vessels and prevent vascular sclerosis. At the same time, it has certain health benefits for arthritis, back pain, bronchitis, neurasthenia, etc.