Secondly, drink some Luo Han Guo tea. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Luo Han Guo is the first choice for clearing the throat, benefiting the lungs, stopping coughs, and resolving phlegm. It has been a tribute to the imperial court through the generations and is also known as the "immortal fruit." Normally, one Luo Han Guo can be steeped four or five times, and it's best to drink it after lunch because the morning fog is thickest at dawn and dissipates by noon. The body inhales more dust and impurities in the morning, so drinking it in the afternoon can promptly clear the lungs.
The Wàngjīng Carrefour store in Beijing was accused of selling cheap rice as expensive rice. Mask guidelines for preventing PM2.5: Currently, it's the season when autumn transitions into winter, and foggy weather frequently occurs. This not only reduces visibility affecting road traffic but also significantly impacts our health, especially opening the door to respiratory diseases.
Firstly, be mindful of greasy foods, eat less spicy and stimulating foods, and appropriately consume more tofu. Protein has an excellent role in enhancing resistance, but animal protein can be too greasy. Replacing it with the abundant plant protein found in tofu is more suitable. However, elderly people have reduced kidney function and metabolic capacity for protein, so they shouldn't eat too much tofu.
Mr. Bao Zhijian: It often relates to respiratory allergies. Cold weather in winter causes cold air to be inhaled into the trachea, leading to allergic contractions that cause coughing. It might be related to your own allergic constitution; using some antiallergic cough medicine could be more effective. If it lasts too long, over 8 weeks, a chest X-ray and pulmonary function tests are recommended to rule out cough variant asthma.
"Besides those who already have asthma, bronchitis, and other underlying diseases, smoggy days also increase the risk of respiratory diseases in normal individuals." Dr. Bao said that a Ms. Zhou recently had her entire family hit by a cold. The youngest, her one-year-old daughter, started sneezing and having a runny nose nonstop. After taking care of their daughter, both parents caught it, followed by their grandparents who couldn't escape either.
Dr. Bao mentioned that he recently saved an old asthma patient. This person had always had the habit of exercising early in the morning and continued doing so recently. One day after exercising, symptoms like chest tightness and cyanosis of the lips appeared, and upon examination, it was discovered that his airways were spasming, showing obvious signs of oxygen deficiency.
Additionally, Dr. Bao summarized two points to note:
One is to do some simple limb exercises before morning exercise. In the cold winter, due to the cold, the elasticity and extensibility of muscles and ligaments decrease, and the overall joint mobility becomes worse. Doing some warm-up exercises before exercising can reduce the risk of injury.
Recently, there has been a significant increase in patients with asthma, bronchitis, allergic rhinitis, and variant coughs, which are closely related to the recent drop in temperature and smoggy weather.
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Central reminder: It's currently the season when autumn transitions into winter, and foggy weather frequently occurs. This not only reduces visibility affecting road traffic but also significantly impacts our health, especially opening the door to respiratory diseases.
"Fog is a normal weather phenomenon. When heavy fog appears, atmospheric stagnation leads to environmental deterioration, causing harm to human health," Dr. Bao said. When heavy fog appears, due to high humidity, people experience breathing difficulties, mood depression, and a noticeable increase in the incidence of respiratory diseases, joint pain, and leg pain.
Dr. Bao particularly advises everyone that morning exercise on foggy days should not be too early, ideally waiting until the sun comes up because even the densest fog disappears quickly once it encounters sunlight. If the fog persists without the sun appearing, it would be wise to consider canceling an exercise plan. Additionally, drink some water before morning exercise to replenish fluids. Exercise should not be too intense, and brisk walking is the best method.
Morning exercise on foggy days should occur after the sun has come up.
After going out, it's almost impossible to avoid inhaling toxic substances from the fog. Thus, finding simple ways in daily life to expel these toxic substances from the body is currently what everyone is most concerned about.
For this, Dr. Bao also recommends two simple methods achievable through diet.
Firstly, getting up early to exercise in the morning is a common health practice, but on foggy days, it may backfire, so you shouldn't go out too early. If you must go out, wear a mask. During morning exercise, the body requires more oxygen, necessitating the inhalation of large amounts of air. Harmful substances in the fog can damage the respiratory tract, causing oxygen deficiency, leading to difficulty breathing, chest tightness, palpitations, and other adverse symptoms.
Secondly, don't breathe through your mouth; develop the habit of breathing through your nose.
"Hangzhou's foggy weather has persisted for nearly a week, and there has been a noticeable change in the number of patients in our outpatient department. Patients with asthma, chronic bronchitis, and allergic rhinitis have increased by 60% compared to usual." Yesterday, Deputy Chief Physician Bao Zhijian from Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital's Respiratory Department said during a guest appearance at our newspaper's Famous Doctor Lecture Series that the harm caused by fog to the body has reached a point where prevention is necessary.
Dr. Bao Zhijian: There are more particles, dust, allergens, bacteria, and viruses in the fog, which easily lead to asthma attacks when inhaled. This is not suitable for pregnancy because the mother's body is in a state of oxygen deficiency, posing risks such as poor fetal growth and development or even premature birth.
Dr. Bao mentioned that a young man surnamed Zhang, just preparing to go out in the morning, suddenly felt short of breath, and his complexion became increasingly unwell. His parents knew immediately that it was an asthma attack and quickly sent him to the hospital. Another elderly man with chronic bronchitis had his condition worsen severely, unable to sleep well at night, so he also rushed to the hospital for medication.
Harmful substances in the fog easily trigger diseases.
This article is from Changzhou No.102 Hospital: http://www.gk102.com