Remember, mom insisted to wear a hat for a walk? So she was right. Walking bareheaded in the cold can cause health problems. Doctors called the 5 diseases that cause hypothermia head.
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Winter walk with a child / istockphoto.com
Cold
When the body is in heat, and the cold head operates as happens when walking without a cap, the body temperature quickly decreases. The fact is that on the head a lot of blood vessels that are close to the skin surface and cold air quickly cools the blood, then it returns to the body. Therefore, a person freezes faster. A supercooling causes low immunity and the body gets cold faster.
Hair loss
Walking without a hat, you supercool vessels that zhivyat hair. Without an adequate supply of hair dies and falls out. So there is every chance to earn a Baldness.
Otitis
Walking without a hat in cold weather can cause otitis media - inflammation of the middle ear. This disease is very unpleasant and can lead to hearing loss.
Otitis / istockphoto.com
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Otitis / istockphoto.com
If you started otitis media, then there is every chance that the infection gets into the nose and cause inflammation of the sinuses. Also sinusitis can occur as an independent disease, as a result of exposure to cold in the head.
Inflammation of the facial nerve
Low temperatures and overcooling of the head can cause inflammation of the facial nerve. This is a very painful and unpleasant disease that is difficult to be treated. Inflammation can cause paralysis of the facial muscles, from which a person can skew.
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