The causes of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are often not visible to patients. And here comes SUMMER. Warm sunny weather relaxes attention and the causes of thyroid disease become almost invisible. For example, the inevitable comes - turn off the hot water in the apartment for some kind of plumbing prophylaxis. But not only that ...
Cold water ... Only cold!
10 days of cold water in the tap ... in the summer season. Why, for the sake of these 1.5 weeks, even think about a water heater? Tolerate ... After all, it's warm! So I think, and probably many.
Some people heat water in a saucepan or an electric kettle ... (further it is clear). But think what kind of water you wash your hands, something from the dishes, and so on.
Cool floor!
Who doesn’t have a desire to throw slippers and walk barefoot on the floor in the kitchen and in the rooms? Even nice. After all, SUMMER! it's hot.
How does cold affect the thyroid gland?
Everything is simple. You probably know the folk wisdom: cool your legs - your throat hurts. This also applies to hands.
The fact is that when the limbs are cooled, significant irritation spreads from the nerve paths to the nerve centers of the neck, from where the excitation goes to the mouth and throat and ... the thyroid gland. This is a biological mechanism of thyroid activation, which results in overstrain and depletion of the gland.
In addition to nervous irritation, processes aimed at overcoming the cold are activated. Thyroid hormones are necessarily involved in them. With the arrival of cold, thyroid hormones need more, so the gland overstrain also increases.
Try to remember the important reason - cold.
The thyroid gland does not like cold! Its main function is to provide energy to the body. The cold entering the body contributes to the adaptive overstrain of the thyroid gland.
Summer rain!!!
Why three exclamation points? Because of the same story repeating in different people.
Now in the Moscow region is very warm summer weather. But all of a sudden (of course, television, the Ministry of Emergencies and acquaintances always “warn” about this “suddenly” many times), it begins to rain heavily ... This is exactly the kind of story that happened to a patient of our clinic.
We conducted two courses of treatment and together rejoiced at the results of recovery (according to the analysis of blood and health). But ... the third course did not start on time. The patient called the Clinic and told the following: she was exposed to rain, got wet and became sick. And not just something. Bronchitis developed. As a result, a control blood test showed deterioration (not to the initial values, but nonetheless).
What to do?
1. If you drank or ate something cold and felt that you had a cold throat, then try to take a while, drink a mug of moderately hot water, trying to warm it with your throat (it is important that less hot water gets on your teeth).
2. Washed the dishes with cold water and then felt that they were cold? Type in a basin or a large bowl of pleasantly hot water and lowering your hands in water - warm to saturation.
3. Caught in the rain and got wet - take a hot shower in moderation at home, get some hot tea (you can drink raspberries) and lie down in bed for 40 minutes. It is better if the time interval between subcooling and heating is as small as possible.
4. But it is better not to get caught in the rain (sit in a cafe, go around the store). Donate 1-2-3 thousand rubles and use a taxi to get home, because this money is not comparable with your health and the consequences of hypothermia.
5. Use slippers even in the summer. You can replace them with open ones on top (slates, etc.).
6. Remember about drafts (in transport). Avoid them.
7. It is better to carry a light blouse or jacket (a scarf in a bag) with you (in your hand, bag ...) and use it if there is a chance of hypothermia from changing weather than getting sick from hypothermia.
8. Be careful with ice cream.