Is it good to take a hot spring bath when you have a cold?

Some people like to take a hot spring bath after catching a cold. If the cold is not particularly serious, soaking in a hot spring does have a good auxiliary therapeutic effect and helps speed up the recovery of the cold. Because the water temperature of the hot spring is relatively high, it can promote the body's metabolism and promote inflammatory metabolism. It can play a good role. However, if the cold is more serious, it is best not to take a hot spring bath, as it can easily accelerate the decline of physical fitness and even cause fainting.

Is it good to take a hot spring bath when you have a cold?

1. You can take a hot spring bath if you have a cold but no fever.

If it is a mild cold in the early stages, not too serious, with only nasal congestion, runny nose, etc., without systemic symptoms such as fever, then soaking in hot springs is theoretically okay at this time. It can also relieve symptoms, have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect, and speed up recovery from the cold. The high temperature of hot spring water can promote the body's metabolism, dispel cold and detoxify. Of course, the premise is to keep warm and avoid being exposed to the wind again. However, many hot springs are open-air, and the temperature difference when entering and exiting the hot spring is large. Even healthy elderly people cannot adapt well to the large temperature difference due to decreased body function, which can easily cause unstable blood pressure and blood sugar. Therefore, they should do what they can.

If the cold symptoms are severe, such as fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, sneezing, accompanied by general fatigue, loss of appetite, muscle aches, and even diarrhea, the body's resistance will decrease and the rise in body temperature will cause water loss in the body. If you take a hot spring bath at this time, the surrounding temperature is high, and the water vapor in the hot spring can further lead to water loss in the body. Severe cases can cause dehydration, aggravated symptoms such as dizziness, hypoxia, and coughing, and even adverse reactions such as difficulty breathing, as well as hypoglycemia and fainting.

It is even more inadvisable for cold patients to take a hot spring bath after taking medicine because the accelerated blood circulation will put the patients at risk.