Keep these 23 health tips in mind and spend a healthy and safe Chinese New Year! Save them now!

Every household has started the busy schedule before the Spring Festival. It is everyone's wish to spend the New Year happily and safely.

When enjoying the holidays, you should pay more attention to your health. Only by paying attention to details in clothing, food, housing, transportation, etc. can you spend the New Year in good health and safety.

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01

dressing

1. It is best to wash new clothes before wearing them

Feng Aiping, chief physician of the Department of Dermatology at Wuhan Union Hospital in Hubei Province, pointed out that many clothes use formaldehyde to deal with the problem of cotton fabrics being easy to wrinkle. If they are worn without washing or drying, they may induce allergic diseases. Children have thin skin and are more susceptible to allergies. However, allergens are generally soluble and can be eliminated by washing with water.

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2. The elderly wear a hat when they go out

The weather during the Spring Festival this year is still relatively cold. If you just dress warmly without a hat, body heat will quickly dissipate from your head. Therefore, the elderly should wear a hat outdoors to help keep out the cold.

3. Young people should not wear too little

During the Spring Festival, it is still winter, and many girls only wear thin leggings, short skirts, and short boots, which are beautiful but "freezing". However, in cold weather, thin clothes can cause some skin diseases caused by "freezing" to sneak up on you, which is harmful to your health.

Luo Dan, chief physician of the Department of Dermatology at Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital, pointed out that "short clothes" can easily lead to "cold erythema multiforme". This disease often has a history of viral infection before it occurs, such as colds, fever, herpes simplex, etc. This disease is more common on the back of the hands and feet, the edges of the fingers, the forearms and the calves. This is also a disease caused by freezing, and it can be prevented by keeping warm.

02

diet

1. Eat less leftovers

During the Spring Festival, we often cook a large table of delicious food, but often we can't finish it. It would be a pity to throw it away, so we eat leftovers.

However, leftovers will produce toxic substances if left for too long. Some overnight dishes, especially overnight green leafy vegetables, not only have low nutritional value, but also produce pathogenic nitrites, which are easily targeted by gastric cancer.

Therefore, we should control our appetite during the festival and follow the principle of moderation, cook only as much as we eat! Don't waste food or leave any leftovers.

2. Avoid overeating and drinking

During the Spring Festival, many people may suddenly change their eating behaviors, eating too much food and drinking a lot of beverages in a short period of time, which exceeds the body's ability to digest food and causes gastrointestinal dysfunction.

If you eat a lot of greasy food and cannot digest it in time, it is likely to cause acute gastroenteritis, with symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. In addition, during the Spring Festival family dinner, if you cook a large table of fish and meat, if you eat too much, the body needs a lot of digestive fluid to digest the food in a short period of time, which significantly increases the burden on the pancreas, thereby increasing the risk of acute pancreatitis or acute cholecystitis.

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3. Drink more boiled water

Carbonated drinks, milk tea, fruit juice...all kinds of drinks are always served at dinner parties, which have adverse effects on health.

Water is an essential component for the human body. No matter what kind of drink it is, it cannot replace boiled water. Each adult should consume no less than 2000 ml of water every day and drink no less than 1500 ml of water directly.

4. Eat less nuts

During every Chinese New Year, the table is often filled with dried fruits, and many people are eager to eat them.

Zheng Xin from the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University pointed out that no matter what kind of nuts they are, they all have the common feature of containing high calories. The calories contained in 20 peanut kernels are roughly equivalent to 1.5 liang of rice. Therefore, high-calorie nuts should be carefully selected and consumed in moderation.

5. Patients with chronic diseases should avoid certain foods

(1) People with hypertension should try to avoid foods high in salt, especially pickled foods.

(2) Patients with hyperlipidemia should reduce their intake of high-cholesterol and high-calorie foods such as fatty meat, animal fat, and animal offal.

(3) Patients with hyperglycemia should try to avoid using white sugar, brown sugar, glucose and sugar-based sweets, such as candy, cakes, jam, candied fruit, ice cream, sweet drinks, etc.

(4) Patients with hyperuricemia should limit their intake of high-purine foods, including various animal offal (such as liver, kidney, brain, spleen, etc.); some aquatic products (including sardines, anchovies, shrimp, etc.); thick broth, seafood hot pot, etc.

03

Sleep

1. Keep windows open for ventilation every day

During the holidays, people gather together. If the windows are not opened for a long time, it is easy for various germs to breed and infect family members. During the holidays, insist on ventilating for at least 20 minutes every morning and evening to keep the indoor air fresh and flowing.

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2. The more you sleep during the holidays, the more tired you feel.

Many people stay up late on weekdays, so they hope to make up for the lost sleep during holidays. This idea is very one-sided.

Li Yan, chief physician of the sleep department of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, pointed out that long-term sleep deprivation will lead to physical exhaustion, decreased immunity, and worsening physical fitness. If you sleep too long, brain cells will not get enough oxygen and nutrients, which is why you feel very tired after sleeping too much during the holidays.

3 .** Sleep regularly and avoid staying up late**

During the long Spring Festival holiday, many people like to stay up late playing cards, mahjong, singing, etc., which will cause various physical discomforts.

Xiao Chunmei from the Health Education Department of Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei Province, pointed out that this will seriously affect one's biological clock, and once the work and rest time is messed up, it will also affect one's gastrointestinal function and cause indigestion. In addition, staying up late will also cause endocrine disorders and lead to dysfunction of the body.

4. Avoid three sleeping positions after drinking

At the end of the year, there are more parties and some people drink alcohol. However, many people lose consciousness after being drunk and just lie down and fall asleep. Little do they know that if the posture is not appropriate after being drunk, it will cause symptoms such as difficulty breathing, and in severe cases, it may even be life-threatening due to suffocation due to vomiting!

Wang Lixiang, former director of the emergency department of the Third Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, said in an interview that three sleeping positions should be avoided after drinking:

(1) Supine position

When you sleep on your back after getting drunk, the contents and residues in your stomach will reflux. At this time, the body's swallowing function will be slow to react under the stimulation of alcohol, and it will easily block the trachea during breathing, causing difficulty breathing, which is what we often call foreign body suffocation.

(2) Prone position

Sleeping prone is also not advisable after being drunk. Wang Lixiang said that many young people fall asleep lying prone on pillows after drinking. Pillows are generally soft, and lying on them is equivalent to covering the mouth and nose, which blocks the airway. Our breathing requires the participation of the abdomen and chest. Lying prone will reduce the activity space of the chest and lungs, hinder the airway and cause hypoxia. If the drunk person is unconscious at this time, it is easy to suffocate and endanger his life.

(3) Seating

Many people may fall asleep while sitting during a drinking session. Sitting and sleeping with the head drooping will not only lead to airway obstruction and difficulty breathing, but also lead to insufficient blood volume, drooping lower limbs, and easily cause postural hypotension, which can lead to dangerous situations.

Remember: The correct sleeping position after drinking should be lying on your side to prevent choking on vomit and keep the airway open. It should be noted that a drunk person may turn over while sleeping. At this time, family members can put a pillow on their back to help them maintain the same sleeping position.

5. Don’t eat midnight snacks before going to bed

Chen Guyi, founder of Guyi Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, said that eating should not be later than 8:00 p.m., because people will soon fall asleep, gastrointestinal motility will decrease, and eating too much will affect sleep. Eating too much at dinner can easily cause indigestion, food accumulation, fat metabolism disorders, etc.

6. Don’t use your phone before bed

During the rare Spring Festival holiday, I believe many people spend several hours a day playing with their phones, even before going to bed. The most obvious harm is that playing with the phone for a long time before going to bed will hurt the eyes. In addition, lying down to play with the phone has adverse effects on the cervical spine, shoulders, back and lumbar spine. It can also lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain, resulting in symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, and thumb tenosynovitis.

04

Travel

1. Do not drive while tired

Drinking and lack of sleep are two major factors that increase the risk of car accidents. Nantong police remind that the impact of lack of 4 hours of sleep on human reaction ability is equivalent to drinking 6 cans of beer. "Drowsy driving" is also dangerous, so don't drive while tired.

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2. Move around after sitting for a long time

On the way back home, many friends will choose to fly or take a train, and the journey can take hours or even more than ten hours! Huang Liuhuan, attending physician of vascular surgery at Beijing Shijingshan Hospital, pointed out that long-term flights and train rides will increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis in the lower extremities by 2 to 4 times. When taking a plane or train for a long time, especially when sitting in the economy class of the plane, the space is small and the legs are bent and motionless, which makes it easier for venous blood to coagulate in the deep veins of the lower extremities.

Therefore, stand up and move around every 1 to 2 hours, and you can walk around appropriately.

3. Don’t get mad when you’re stuck in traffic

During the Spring Festival travel rush, there are many cars on the highways, which are prone to traffic jams. Everyone is full of anxiety, and many people who are usually gentle and polite will "swear loudly", even change lanes randomly and overtake forcibly.

Dr. Shi Yu, a doctor at the Psychological Clinic of the Third Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, reminded in an interview that road rage is not a good thing for both people and themselves. Many people want to drive faster when they are angry, which can easily lead to traffic accidents. Sometimes, uncontrollable emotions can lead to conflicts and even fights.

To prevent "road rage", you need to do a good job of self-regulation. You can play some sad and soothing music in the car. In addition, relatives and friends in the car can give him some advice when he is angry, ease his emotions, and explain the consequences of such anger.

4. Walking too fast can easily hurt your knees

During the Spring Festival holiday, people tend to visit relatives and friends and start "running wildly", with the average number of steps reaching more than 20,000 per day. However, running wildly is still quite dangerous for the elderly with bad knee joints.

Wang Quangui, chief physician of the Pain Department of the Civil Aviation General Hospital, reminded in an interview that long-term walking is most likely to damage the meniscus of middle-aged and elderly people. The joints of the elderly should be used sparingly. Some forms of exercise with a relatively large amount of movement, such as walking and climbing, will increase joint wear and tear and increase the probability of ligament and muscle strain.

5. Bring some medicine with you for long drives

Huo Mingdong, deputy chief physician of the anorectal department of Zhongda Hospital affiliated to Southeast University, reminds that driving for a long time can easily induce hemorrhoids, and people who drive themselves should pay special attention to preventing hemorrhoids.

Huo Mingdong explained that drivers are highly concentrated when driving and are in a state of tension for a long time, which causes intestinal motility to slow down. In addition, sitting for a long time seriously affects venous return, causing congestion of abdominal organs and excessive filling of veins, which can cause hemorrhoids.

Huo Mingdong reminded that for those who are planning to drive themselves, it is recommended to carry medicines for treating gastrointestinal diseases to prevent diarrhea. Patients with hemorrhoids can bring some anti-inflammatory drugs, which can be used for sitz baths to reduce swelling when hemorrhoids attack.

05

reunion

1. Still need to wear a mask

During the Spring Festival holiday, many people like to go out shopping and travel. But now the new coronavirus is still there, and we remind you again to do the "three things", insist on wearing masks, keep a social distance of one meter, and pay attention to personal hygiene. "Five more" means that you still need to wear masks, keep a social distance, cover your coughs and sneezes, wash your hands frequently, and open windows as much as possible.

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2. Bring a pair of serving chopsticks to a dinner party

When relatives and friends gather together, they are used to using their own chopsticks to pick up food, which gives various bacteria a large opportunity to spread. In order to reduce the risk, you may add a pair of serving chopsticks to the table.

In particular, using serving chopsticks is one of the effective measures to prevent Helicobacter pylori infection, reinfection or cross-infection.

3. Don’t drink alcohol while taking medicine

If drinking is unavoidable at a dinner party, you must remember not to take medicine while drinking and not to drink while taking medicine.

Meng Qingyi, chief physician of the emergency department of the First Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, pointed out that drinking alcohol while taking cephalosporins, metronidazole and other drugs may cause disulfiram-like reactions, such as facial flushing, headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, stomach pain, nausea and vomiting, etc. In severe cases, it may cause respiratory depression, myocardial infarction, acute heart failure and death. Do not drink alcohol, take oral or intravenous drugs containing ethanol during medication and within 5 days of stopping medication.

4. Beware of secondhand smoke

People often smoke at the dining table, and this invisible "second-hand smoke" can cause harm to those around them.

Source: Health Times

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