Stress for the body: Should heart patients in the Sauna?

For some it is relaxation, for others a dangerous Overload. Cardiac patients of all types to come up with the sauna session that explains the German heart Foundation.

However, you should discuss beforehand with your physician or cardiologist how long and at what temperatures they are not allowed in the Sauna.

Reason for this is that the heart and circulation are always trying to keep the body temperature at 37 degrees.

The body is heated excessively, for example in the Sauna, is transported to the vessels of the excess heat via the blood to the Skin, emit heat to the air.

A Sauna can lead to Stress

This means hard work for the heart. In healthy people this is usually not a Problem, for a sick or weak heart, it might be too much.

Heart patients should not overdo it in the Sauna, therefore. Concretely, this means, above all, to forego the cold shower or the cold pool afterwards.

Because of this, among other things, the blood pressure rises in a short space of time solid. Better is it for heart patients, according to the Sauna to slowly cool off under a lukewarm shower, for example.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)

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