STROKE AWARENESS TO ELDERLY PARENTS/RELATIVES

Strokes are high in bathrooms. This is because when bathing, we soak the head and hair first which is a wrong approach.

When you soak the head and hair first blood rises to the head the arteries may be torn in the process, since the brain sensors body temperature change leading to stroke. As a result of this people fall on the ground. 

The Medical Association of Canada states the risks that were previously predicted to lead to stroke or mini-stroke are in fact longer lasting and even more dangerous.

According to multiple research around the world cases of paralysis and death due to stroke when having a bath are increasing day by day. According to doctors, one should take a bath following some rules. If you don’t you end up dying in the bathroom. 

One should not soak the head and hair first while bathing because the blood circulation in the human body is at a certain temperature. The human body temperature takes a while to adjust to the outside temperature. 

According to doctors, pouring water on the head first increases the speed of blood circulation so fast, that the risk of a stroke may also increase at that time. Excessive blood pressure can tear the brain arteries.

WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO A BATH?

Get to soak the feet first, then slowly soak the body upwards. At the end, you should then water the head. This method must be followed by those with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and margarine.

Let us teach this information to elderly parents and relatives.

Strokes are common to the male sex since our hairstyles are mostly haircuts and when it comes to taking a bath, we need not to start with the head first compared to the lavish hairstyles of women that take months without pouring water onto their heads.