Do weather changes have anything to do with the human body?
1. Colds are mostly caused by upper respiratory tract infections due to the drastic drop in temperature that prevents people's body temperature regulation function from adapting immediately. Therefore, when the cold air moves southward in winter, especially when the first cold wave in early winter invades southward, there will often be a sudden increase in cold patients.
2. Chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma are most likely to develop and worsen in an environment of severe cold, dense fog, humidity, and sudden cold, and changes in temperature are the main factors affecting the onset and condition. ． When the temperature is lower (the daily average temperature is lower than 0°C), the temperature changes greatly (the difference in daily average temperature between the two days is greater than 3°C), and the air pressure rises, the incidence rate will increase or the number of serious patients will increase; when the temperature rises (the daily average temperature is greater than 3°C), the incidence rate will increase. 12℃) and the weather gets warmer, the patient's condition will improve or become more stable.
3. Arthritis When the weather changes and meteorological factors fluctuate, it will cause disorders in the patient's temperature regulation mechanism, resulting in insufficient and prolonged vasoconstriction; mucin metabolism and enzyme activity are disordered; joint temperature The patient's joint pain worsens as a result. According to research, when the changes in dryness, humidity, coldness and heat, and air pressure in the atmosphere exceed a certain range (such as the average temperature difference between the two days before and after is greater than 3℃, the air pressure difference is greater than 5mb, and the relative humidity difference is greater than 10%), the incidence of arthritis increases. There is a significant increase, and symptoms often begin to appear the day before the weather changes significantly.
IV. Cardiovascular diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold is stagnant and hinders Qi movement. Therefore, cold wave and windy weather in winter are often times when heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and mental illness are aggravated and prone to attack. Because of this kind of weather, There are factors that induce heart and brain diseases.
5. Infectious diseases The prevalence of many infectious diseases is related to seasons and weather conditions. Respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza, meningococcal meningitis, and whooping cough often occur in winter and spring. In the spring and autumn, intestinal infectious diseases are prone to occur, such as dysentery, typhoid, etc. In the south, Japanese encephalitis and malaria also occur in summer. The reason why these infectious diseases occur and spread is mainly because such seasons and weather conditions are suitable for the growth and reproduction of different pathogenic bacteria and viruses.
In addition, climate change also affects people’s personality and emotional fluctuations. In hot weather, people's plasma is prone to increase, blood is diluted, and hemoglobin is relatively reduced, which makes people emotionally unstable. According to relevant statistics, when more violent incidents occur, it often coincides with the hot state of the local climate; in humid and cold weather, people's mood often becomes dull, and patients with depression often fall ill at this time. Meteorological factors have various impacts on human health. If the rules are mastered, doctors and patients can take appropriate measures, either following nature, taking advantage of the situation, or applying artificial countermeasures, to avoid or reduce the adverse effects of meteorological factors on the human body.