What should I do in foggy weather? How to protect yourself in foggy weather?
1, wear a mask when going out.
It is necessary to wear a mask when going out in foggy weather. Although it can not completely block the harm of harmful substances to human health, it can still prevent some allergens such as dust mites from entering the nasal cavity and play a certain protective role, which is especially important for allergic asthma patients. And when choosing a mask, you must choose qualified products and use thicker materials. Masks are easy to be contaminated when worn for a long time, so they should be cleaned and disinfected in time to ensure hygiene.
2. Choose what mask is suitable.
The protective effect of 8- 12 layer mask is the best in foggy days. The cotton masks with 8 layers and 12 layers can prevent the smog in the air from entering from the surface of the mask or the cotton yarn on the outer layer, thus protecting the respiratory tract. 16 layer cotton mask belongs to medical mask, but due to its relatively large thickness, it may affect the smooth breathing, and some people will feel uncomfortable after wearing it.
3, completes the whole body protective measures
You'd better wear a hat, scarf and gloves when you go out. Except for the hair, nose and mouth, the less exposed the rest of the skin, the better. After going out and going home, do a good job of cleaning in time and wash your hands and faces frequently to prevent harmful substances from being adsorbed on your skin for a long time and affecting your health.
4. Reduce outdoor sports
When the smog weather is severe, try to be less active outdoors. People who are used to morning exercises had better stop doing morning exercises, because the amount of oxygen needed by the human body will increase during morning exercises.
With the deepening of breathing, it is easier to cause harmful particles in smog to be inhaled into the respiratory tract and stick to the lungs, which is harmful to health. It's not too late to exercise until the sun comes out.
5. Drink plenty of water and eat lung-clearing food.
In foggy days, you should add more water and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. You can add various vitamins and inorganic salts as well as calcium, tofu, Sydney, fish and other foods. It has good effects of invigorating spleen and kidney, moistening lung and eliminating dryness, benefiting qi and resolving phlegm, and relieving cough. Eating fish can also supplement enough vitamin D and improve the absorption rate of calcium, which is suitable for eating more in foggy days. Drinking arhat fruit tea can prevent and treat throat itching caused by inhaling harmful substances in foggy days, and has a good lung moistening effect.
6. Try to breathe through your nose outdoors.
In foggy days, try to get rid of the habit of breathing outdoors with your mouth and use your nose instead, because nasal mucosa and nose hair can play a certain role in filtering dust, which can reduce the stimulation of external pollution on the respiratory tract. However, you still can't forget to wash your face and nose after going home to reduce the invasion of harmful substances and viruses into the human body through your skin and nose.
7. Don't open the window for ventilation in foggy days.
Be careful not to open the window for ventilation in foggy days, because indoor air is cleaner than outdoor air, indoor air purifier can also be used to reduce indoor particle pollution, and indoor basin water can also reduce indoor smog and moisturize indoor air.
8. The principle of eating in foggy days
1, eat more tofu and milk
The sun does not show its face in foggy days, and experts warn that this may affect the acquisition of vitamin D, which may lead to calcium deficiency. Most of the vitamin D needed by human body needs sunlight to get it. Vitamin D can promote the absorption of calcium. If the sunshine is insufficient for one or two months, it may lead to calcium deficiency.
Suggestion: You can drink more milk, eat more tofu and supplement vitamin D to promote the absorption of calcium.
2, the right amount of vitamin D.
This season is foggy and sunny. Due to insufficient ultraviolet radiation and insufficient vitamin D in the human body, some people will experience mental laziness and depression. Vitamin d can be supplemented if necessary.
3. Eat a light diet and drink plenty of water
The diet in foggy days should choose light and digestible foods rich in vitamins, drink plenty of water and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, which can not only supplement various vitamins and inorganic salts, but also moisten the lungs, remove dryness, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, strengthen the spleen and tonify the kidney. Eat less irritating food and eat more pears, loquats, oranges, oranges and other foods.
4, moistening the lungs and supplementing calcium can not be less
5. Patients insist on taking medicine.
Patients with respiratory diseases and patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should insist on taking medicine on time in foggy days to avoid getting sick; And strengthen self-monitoring, pay attention to the body's feelings and reactions, and seek medical advice in time if you feel unwell.
6, drink more tea that clears the lungs and moistens the lungs, such as arhat fruit tea.
Arhat fruit tea can prevent and treat throat itching caused by inhaling dirty air in foggy days, and has a good lung moistening effect. Especially in the afternoon, the effect is better. Because the fog is thickest in the morning and almost disappears at noon, people inhale more dust and impurities in the morning, so they can clear their lungs in time when drinking in the afternoon.
7. It's best to eat more fruits, pig liver, pig blood, mung bean soup, red bean soup, lotus plumule boiled water, etc. Prevent the smog weather from affecting your respiratory tract.