When can you take off your hat in spring: a very popular misconception

31.03.2024 18:30

Popular wisdom advises to keep your head cool, which many take literally.

It's easy to meet a person without a hat in winter, and in spring people simply rush to get rid of the boring item of clothing.

Doctors have a different point of view on this matter, and therefore they do not advise getting excited with the first rays of the spring sun.

There is no protective layer on the head that could protect us from temperature changes, there is no subcutaneous fat. Only hair. And when wet, it lowers the temperature of adjacent tissues even faster, - said physician-therapist Lyudmila Lapav in an interview with Sputnik radio.

As a result, various complications arise in the form of colds, acute respiratory viral infections, and acute respiratory infections.

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A really bad scenario is sinusitis or an exacerbation of chronic infections.

Here we need to remember about the pathogens that cause serious diseases, such as meningitis.

A simple desire to walk around in the spring without a hat can lead to similar troubles.

A person who walks around in the spring with damp hair after a shower exposes himself to even greater risks.

The doctor advises going outside with wet hair only after the air temperature outside rises to 24 degrees Celsius.

Earlier we talked about why it is dangerous to run in the morning .

Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor