Apparently, A Warm Shower Can Reduce High Blood Pressure
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JAKARTA - Taking a warm bath at the right time has been proven to be beneficial. A study conducted by several health institutions found that hot baths can also reduce high blood pressure.

In addition to making the body more relaxed when ending activities, warm baths also reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Reporting from the journal Heart, Wednesday, February 24, the first thing to prove is that blood pressure will decrease when taking a warm shower.

The study explored the bathing habits and cardiovascular risk of 61,000 adults in Japan. In onsen or hot springs, many Japanese people spend their time. Good for relaxing the body to chat with other people.

Researchers reveal that frequent soaking in warm water baths can significantly reduce hypertension. Furthermore, cardiovascular risk will also decrease with normal blood pressure.

Doctor Erich Brandt, a cardiologist at Yale Hospital reports that warm water that touches the body can be related to hemodynamic function. Blood is pumped more efficiently from the internal center of the body to the toes and hands.

The better the hemodynamic function, the better its effect on blood pressure. What happens to high blood pressure, hemodynamics work poorly and make the heart work hard. After bathing with warm water, your body temperature will also decrease.

Therefore, before going to bed it is recommended to take a warm bath for those who have difficulty falling asleep.

Brandt didn't actually believe that just one factor was responsible for lowering blood pressure and cardiovascular risk. However, it turns out that regular warm baths are very useful in addition to maintaining other healthy lifestyles.

Physiological changes will also occur if you regularly take a warm shower. This is evidenced in Brandt's research which involved a number of Americans as participants.

The majority of Americans' lifestyle reduces the level of health and cardiovascular disease in the first position as the most sadistic killer.

Research conducted at Bethesda College of Health, Yogyakarta also proves that hot baths routinely performed by the elderly can reduce hypertension.

Perhaps, according to Brandt, the habits of each community group are different. However, the effect of warm baths routinely applied by patients in their 70s does not imply cardiovascular damage.

As a cover as well as a recommendation, you can regularly shower with warm water. Although studies need to be carried out continuously and thoroughly, at least the habit of taking a warm bath is not a risk to health.


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