Wiping sweat like this in summer is most likely to hurt your body

In the hot summer, when sweating profusely, most people will habitually wipe it off immediately. Little do people know that there is a saying about whether or not to wipe sweat in summer. Some people may wonder: Is there a way to avoid wiping off sweat? You know what, there are some tricks to it. Today, Guoguo will take you to see what the experts say:

When your body temperature cannot be lowered immediately and the external environment temperature has not changed much, it is not advisable to wipe it off immediately. Because sweat on the body surface can help the skin lower body temperature, if it is wiped off immediately, it will be detrimental to the heat dissipation of the body surface and the body needs to continue sweating. The heat dissipation of the human body is mainly achieved through radiation, conduction, convection and evaporation of sweat on the skin surface. When the body's heat production increases under high temperature conditions, the sweat glands will secrete a large amount of sweat. This sweat adheres to the surface of the skin. When the sweat changes from liquid to gas, it will take away a large amount of heat, which can play a role in dissipating heat and cooling down. Therefore, if you wipe it off immediately after sweating, the evaporation and heat dissipation function cannot be played; at the same time, since the heat is not dissipated, the sweat glands will continue to secrete sweat, and the salt, vitamins, etc. in the body will also be consumed, which is not good for health.

On the contrary, if your skin is sweating and you enter an air-conditioned room, it is best to wipe off the sweat with a dry towel or a warm towel first, but it is not suitable to wipe it with cold water or a cold towel, and avoid direct cold wind, so as to prevent the capillaries from opening and the sweat from being blocked, causing you to feel cold and damp. The reason why you need to wipe the sweat first is that when the skin is stimulated by the cold, the pores will close, the capillaries will contract, and the accumulated heat in the body cannot be dissipated. At this time, the human body will feel stuffy. If you use warm water, the skin surface will be stimulated by heat, the pores will open quickly, and the capillaries will expand accordingly. The heat will be dissipated more and faster, and the body will soon feel cool and comfortable.

After sweating, be careful not to wipe your skin with a wet cold towel or take a cold shower. Instead, use a hot towel to wipe off the sweat, rest for a while, let the sweat pores slowly shrink, and then enter the air-conditioned room or take a hot shower. In the summer, people often complain about back pain and dampness in the body. This is caused by long-term sweating, quickly entering an air-conditioned room, and being suddenly blown by the wind with cold and dampness. It is also the discomfort caused by the "wind, cold, dampness" and other evil spirits among the "six evils" mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine.