What you are "enjoying" may be damaging your heart

"Winter is the high-incidence season for cardiovascular diseases." I have said this many times. However, this does not mean that summer is the low-incidence season for cardiovascular diseases. On the contrary, compared with other diseases, cardiovascular diseases are not only still highly prevalent in summer, but they may even occasionally cause "fatal illnesses." What triggers all this may be the four things you do every day.

1. Unscientific exercise

In the eyes of many people, summer is the best season for weight loss. The weather is hot, people sweat a lot, and with a lot of exercise, calories will be consumed faster and more fat will be lost.

However, a few days ago, a 20-year-old girl in Shanghai died suddenly while exercising in the gym...

Four things that "destroy" your heart in summer, you may be doing them every day

It is reported that the girl had previously conducted nearly four hours of fitness exercises, including stair machine training, boxing training, strength and barbell training. Such a large amount of exercise makes the editor feel "sweating like rain" just thinking about it. Experts believe that excessive sweating was the direct cause of the girl's sudden death.

In the summer, the temperature is high, and blood vessels throughout the body expand, blood flow speeds up, and blood volume increases. In order to speed up metabolism, the heart will work overload, increasing the probability of inducing sudden cardiac death. The gym was stuffy and the girl might have been suffering from oxygen deprivation and sweating a lot. When a large amount of water in the human body evaporates through sweat and the blood viscosity increases to a certain level, it can induce hypokalemia and even blood clots, leading to malignant arrhythmias and heart attacks.

Recommendation: In summer, eat more foods high in potassium, such as beans, fruits, and fish. After sweating a lot, it is better to replenish water in small amounts and multiple times, and at the same time supplement some inorganic salts. You can drink some sports drinks containing sodium and potassium after exercise, but the drinks should not be too sweet, otherwise it will cause blood sugar to rise rapidly and cause a decrease in serum potassium. The most important thing is to exercise within your ability and seek advice from professionals.

2. Drinking too little water

People sweat a lot in the summer, and a large amount of water in the human body evaporates through sweat. The blood viscosity is high and blood is easily coagulated, leading to ischemia or blockage of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular vessels. Especially for diabetic patients, they are more likely to suffer from arrhythmia when sweating profusely. Therefore, special attention should be paid to hydration.

Four things that "destroy" your heart in summer, you may be doing them every day

Recommendation: If you do not have heart or kidney dysfunction, you should drink 8 to 10 cups of warm water or tea every day in summer. Stroke and heart disease are more likely to occur in the early morning, and some studies have suggested that this is related to lack of water at night. Therefore, drinking some water when you wake up in the middle of the night can reduce blood viscosity and help prevent thrombosis.

3. Eating too many cold drinks

Consuming cold drinks and cold food can easily cause coronary artery spasm, leading to cardiovascular events such as angina pectoris and myocardial infarction. Moreover, drinking cold drinks can damage the spleen and stomach and even cause diarrhea, loss of body fluids, and easily lead to ion disorders, which can induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Suggestion: We are all adults now, cold drinks are nothing but clouds...

4. Staying up late and not getting enough sleep

The quality of sleep is greatly reduced in hot weather. Lack of sleep increases myocardial oxygen consumption and is also one of the causes of arrhythmia. A study in the United States shows that if adults under 60 sleep less than 5 hours a day, their risk of developing angina pectoris, coronary heart disease, heart disease and stroke is twice as high as normal people. Therefore, people with poor heart function must be careful to avoid staying up late. For middle-aged and elderly people, staying up late is a serious harm to the heart.

Four things that "destroy" your heart in summer, you may be doing them every day

Recommendation: Take a short nap to reduce the risk of sudden attack by 30%. Just a 30-minute nap can reduce the risk of myocardial infarction and death by 30%. However, the nap should be taken half an hour after a meal.

In short, summer is the season with a high incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Everyone must pay attention to it. Once symptoms such as dizziness, confusion, extreme fatigue, vomiting, chest pain, toothache, and sore throat occur, consider whether they are precursors to heart disease and go to the hospital for treatment in time.