The combination of high temperature and high humidity creates an ideal environment for bacteria to grow.We all have heard that the heat is dangerous for people with heart problems, and was able to asthmatics. But the owners of good health should also be afraid of weather anomalies. Not only these two...
Humidity
What are the consequences: ear infections and gout.
While the whole country is withering drought, to talk about the dangers of moist air as something funny. But, believe me, soft tissue infection and gangrene which in humid climates occur much more frequently than in the dry - this is not a reason for laughter, and sometimes a direct road to the light.
The fact that the combination of high temperature and high humidity creates an ideal environment for bacteria, but all sorts of wounds, on the contrary, in such circumstances, heal harder. As a result, in the absence of intensive treatment and the right drugs, in any tropical country, you can die even from a minor injury: the body simply cannot cope with the upcoming infection, and people will die from blood poisoning.
City dwellers such a sad outcome, of course, hardly threatened, but infection - even deadly - still it is very unpleasant. Because of the moisture it easier and faster to develop various ear diseases, including otitis media - inflammation of the ear. The study showed Omani doctors, people living in humid regions, this disease occurs twice as often than the world average, and in addition moist environment contribute to more frequent and intense gout attacks.
In General, when dry is bad, but when wet, too bad.
Prolonged heat
What are the consequences
: depression and suicide.
No one doubted that the heat is harmful to health in all senses. But basically all complain about its physical impact, saying that my head hurts, my feet barely moving, heart play tricks, etc.
But members of the British Institute of psychiatry wondered about the effect of high temperature on mental health. It turned out that anomalous heat harms not only the body but also the mind and on hot days the number of depression and even suicide is rising sharply. So, once the average daily temperature exceeds 18, the number of suicides increased by 20%.
Moreover, as noted by doctors, a significant part of these cases is associated with a slight alcohol intoxication. In an effort to cool off or to deal with lethargy and depression, many people do not notice how you start to abuse it - and it only speeds up the path to the inevitable depression and other mental disorders.
Frequent storms
What are the consequences: headaches and Allergy attacks.
The abrupt change in atmospheric pressure, which precedes the storm, often causes headaches and weakness. And is exposed to even a perfectly healthy people, and not just walking barometers" or, more simply, weather-sensitive patients. According to the Royal College of London (UK), the decrease in external pressure causes the brain cells to dramatically change the other mode of interaction, and this in turn causes pain. Attacks may be accompanied by impaired attention, reduced concentration, impairment of motor coordination, etc.
But a particularly nasty period before the storm for Allergy sufferers and asthmatics. A strong wind picks up and distributes allergenic pollen and, in addition, the "splits" it into smaller particles that are easier to penetrate into the nasopharynx and lungs. The joy one: soon the rain will beat the pollen back to the asphalt, although it will remain there, of course, not for long.
Heavy rains
What are the consequences
: intestinal infection and... plague.
Remember about the relationship between humidity and infections? Rain is wet, so in countries with a rainy climate contagion also spread and catch on quickly, and we're talking even about the most "exotic" diseases.
Take, for example... the plague. It would seem that this disease humanity has won many years ago, but periodically flashes happen even in such advanced countries as America. Moreover, according to a study at the University of new Mexico, the highest number of cases of disease falls on rainy years and humid areas. And it's not even the characteristics of the virus, and in the "preferences" its main carriers of fleas. These insects multiply actively and well live in rainy weather and, accordingly, give, enjoy, dangerous contagion.
Other water-loving "pest" is the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli). Catch can, say, swim in a polluted pond, but, as noted by researchers from Trinity College in Dublin, especially frequent cases after a rain. To explain the dependence of the doctors came from, but the fact remains: even pouring down from the sky water may contain dangerous infection.
Strong wind
What are the consequences: stress and migraine.
In the midst of the summer heat we all only dream about a cool breeze; but, as they say, is good in moderation. Strong wind our body perceives as a signal of potential danger and therefore reacts on the principle of "fight or flee". The heartbeat quickens, small muscles comes in tone, you can even feel emotional arousal - as the body prepares for a possible attack.
But that's not all. According to the English physiologists, windy weather can cause narrowing and swelling of the blood vessels of the brain, causing severe migraine attacks. Their canadian colleagues calculated: chronic migraine twice as often exacerbated it on windy days.
Extreme cold
What are the consequences
: heart attack, stroke and, of course, cold.
If you sadly remember the frosty winter 2009, think about that for many it ended... a heart attack. Despite the fact that splash of cardiovascular problems doctors traditionally expect in the heat, the cold often leads to sad consequences.
Contribute to this by several factors. First, many are accustomed to warm up this "folk", though unsafe vehicle as alcohol. Secondly, "taking on his chest," we gladly take on all sorts of winter activities, such as building snow FORTS, shooting snowballs, slides, etc., and thirdly, in cold blood vessels inevitably constrict, which increases blood flow, increases the load on the heart and leads to increased blood pressure. The sad result of heart attacks, arrhythmias and other serious heart problems.
By the way, even if you do not abuse alcohol and not fond of winter sports, with a weak heart cold still contraindicated. In fact, in order to maintain body temperature at a proper level, the heart has to work harder, but it can also cause a heart attack. When this blood from cold inevitably thickens, then there is a risk of various types of thrombosis is also growing.
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