Angina (acute tonsillitis) is characterized by a severe course, severe intoxication, and a high risk of serious complications. During illness, a person has a fever, severe pain throughout the body, nasopharyngeal congestion. In the acute phase of tonsillitis, bed rest is indicated until the severity of symptoms decreases. At high temperatures, the patient sweats a lot. Through fever and profuse sweating, the body gets rid of the pathogenic microorganisms that caused the disease (bacteria or viruses) and their waste products (toxins). In the acute stage of the pathology, the patient requires careful care, including the regular change of wet linen. A natural question arises, is it possible to take a shower in case of illness, as well as swim and wash your hair?
When can I wash with a sore throat?
Together with sweat, harmful toxic compounds are removed to the surface of the skin, which must be disposed of. Of course, doctors recommend refraining from water procedures during illness, but what if a person is sick not for 2-3 days, but for a week or two?
In this case, it is possible and necessary to wash with angina, this will alleviate the condition and help recovery.
Taking a shower with angina, you must follow certain rules.
How to shower:
- You need to swim in a warm, but not in a hotly heated room, where there are no drafts.
- Bathing time should be kept to a minimum.
- You need to wash yourself with warm water (34-37 degrees), not hot, not cool.
- Wipe dry after a shower.
- Be sure to go to bed after the procedure. For the body of souls during illness, this is a certain stress, you need to calm down and restore strength.
- You can wash at a body temperature of 37.5 degrees and below. To take water procedures for angina, it is best to wait for the temperature to return to normal.
- The bath should be taken before bedtime or in the evening. The water in the bathroom should not be hot. After bath procedures, it is recommended to put on warm socks, drink a glass of warm milk or tea with lemon, go to bed, take shelter warmly, put a compress on the throat if the body temperature is normal. A bath with a decoction of anti-inflammatory herbs (chamomile, calendula, sage) will accelerate recovery, because in fact, inhalation of the respiratory tract occurs.
- After washing, wipe the head dry, wrap it with a thick towel or quickly dry it with a hairdryer.
When you can not wash with a sore throat?
Absolute contraindications for taking baths with angina:
- malignant hypertension; acute disorders of cerebral circulation, history of heart attacks;
- joint diseases;
- heart pathology;
- diabetes;
- pneumonia.
Besides:
- it is forbidden to take a shower or bath at a high body temperature above 37.5 degrees;
- it is impossible during the period of illness to be in baths and saunas. Pathogens spread well in warmth at high air temperatures and high humidity. Baths, saunas and hot tubs are excellent breeding grounds for germs. Consequently, the patient's condition after a hot sauna will worsen significantly, and complications may still arise. In addition, the heat in the room puts a high strain on the heart, which is already increased in angina. Therefore, a sauna or bath can negatively affect the activity of the cardiovascular system;
You can not combine water procedures and the intake of alcoholic beverages, even low alcohol
- in many people, the body with acute tonsillitis is so weakened that the body temperature drops below normal. This condition is characterized by severe weakness and dizziness. At low body temperature, it is better to refuse bathing;
- you can not wash your hair even with a slight increase in body temperature. If the temperature is not more than 37.5 degrees, then you can take a shower, but at the same time put a bathing cap on your head;
- do not take a shower or bath if the patient is feeling unwell, dizzy, weak. Even if there is no fever;
- it is not recommended for angina to wash in rooms with high humidity. High humidity increases the volume of mucus, exacerbation of rhinitis and cough. There should be a good extractor hood in the bathroom;
- it is better to avoid any water procedures for purulent sore throat;
- even if the patient no longer has a fever, but he does not feel a surge of strength, this may mean that the body is fighting inflammatory processes. In this case, it is better to be from washing.
Some patients believe that drastic measures in the form of a cold shower will help them recover. Indeed, cool water lowers the body temperature, but it is not a fact that a person has such a strong immunity that he can withstand such a load. Everything is strictly individual.
