Can I sweat when I have a fever?

Steaming can prevent diseases and has a good sweating effect. Many people hope to treat the disease through steaming when they have a cold or fever. However, not everyone is suitable for steaming, especially for those with poor physical fitness or the elderly. If you have a cold or fever, try not to steam to avoid physical collapse and cause great harm.

Can I sweat when I have a fever?

Sweating is generally not recommended because wind-heat colds are usually accompanied by fever. Sweating at this time is not conducive to heat dissipation. Instead, it will cause the body temperature to rise higher in a short period of time and may also cause dehydration. Moreover, when sweating, the body will be discharged with the body fluid, and if the pores are not tight, the wind and cold will invade again and greatly aggravate the condition.

Colds are more suitable for sweat steaming

Sweat steaming is generally more suitable for patients with colds caused by wind and cold, especially colds caused by cold invasion can be treated by sweat steaming. The purpose of sweat steaming is not only to make people sweat, but also to open the body's pores, circulate blood vessels, smooth the lung qi, and eliminate evil spirits through sweating. Sweat steaming can promote the excretion of toxins and promote blood circulation.

Avoid sweating profusely when you have a wind-heat cold

Many people try to sweat profusely when they have a cold. However, they do sweat, but it may worsen the cold. In fact, it is best to control sweating to the extent of slight sweating, and avoid profuse sweating. When you sweat profusely, your skin pores open and hot and cold winds can more easily penetrate your body, making you more susceptible to heat or cold and aggravating your cold. This is why sweating can make a cold worse.

People who should not use steam steaming

1. Elderly people: Because the elderly are physically weak, if they sweat a lot, they will experience electrolyte imbalance, which can be life-threatening in severe cases. 2. People with Yin deficiency and damp-heat constitution: People with deficiency constitution are not suitable for sweat steaming, because such people are already weak, and excessive sweating will make the body even weaker. Because sweat is a form of human body's Yin fluid, excessive consumption by people with Yin deficiency will further lead to Yin deficiency and blood deficiency, and will also have a negative impact on the heart. 3. Women during menstruation: Women during menstruation should not sweat steam. Sweat steaming can increase blood circulation in the body and can easily cause heavy bleeding in women. 4. Asthma patients: Asthma patients are advised not to do sweat steaming. This is because the oxygen in the sweat steaming room is thin, which has a serious impact on the breathing of asthma patients. 5. People with hypertension and diabetes: People with hypertension and diabetes should not sweat in the sauna room. The temperature in the sauna room is too high, which can easily increase blood pressure and blood sugar concentration. 6. Pregnant women, patients with hyperthyroidism, heart and brain patients, severe heart disease, heart pacemakers, tuberculosis patients, acute diseases, advanced cancer patients, high fever patients, malignant tumor patients, infectious skin diseases and other people who cannot tolerate high temperatures should not sweat steam.