How does the weather affect your health?
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Sometimes you can hear people, especially the weakened elderly, complaining about the poor state of health due to the weather. And this is not groundless. When the body is sensitive to the weather, this is called meteosensitivity. The most independent of the weather conditions are healthy, healthy people who exercise and eat right.
The high temperature of the air accompanies the fall of atmospheric pressure, a decrease in the amount of oxygen. This is hard for people with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. If the temperature is low, atmospheric pressure rises, rainy weather begins. This is an inconvenience to asthmatics, hypertensive patients and having stones in the gallbladder or kidneys.
Sharp temperature changes in themselves can cause considerable discomfort, provoking people to jump in blood pressure, as well as allergy due to the release of histamine.
Humidity is another important factor. At low humidity and dry air, the nasal mucosa suffers, as a result, when breathing, more microbes enter the body, which brings problems to allergic people. Also increases the likelihood of an acute respiratory disease. People with respiratory problems suffer from high humidity, inflammation of the joints and kidneys can occur.
Atmospheric pressure has a significant impact on health. The optimum level is 750 mm Hg. Lowering the pressure (cyclone) is usually accompanied by warming, cloudiness, rain. The amount of oxygen in the air on such days decreases. In this case, people with low blood pressure, having problems with the heart, blood vessels, respiratory organs often suffer. They may experience shortness of breath, lack of air, weakness.
In those prone to increased intracranial pressure, migraine, disturbances in the work of the gastrointestinal tract can occur. On such days it is recommended to drink more pure water, tincture of eleutherococcus and ginseng, take a contrast shower and get enough sleep.
Anticyclone, an increase in atmospheric pressure, usually accompanies clear windless weather and a stable temperature. In this case, people with high blood pressure are more likely to experience malaise. They can experience heartaches, mood worsening and disability. This is due to the fact that the number of leukocytes responsible for immunity decreases in the blood.
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