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Tomas hot water bath has advantages and disadvantages. The important thing is to know how to read our body.
The skin is its largest organ and has two distinct parts: the epidermis, outside, and the dermis inside.
The epidermis is composed of thousands of millions of cells that are in four layers on thin skin (as in the eyelids) and five layers on the thick skin (as in the foot plant).
Cells (keratinocyte) in the deepest layers are kept together by tight junctions. These cellular bridges establish impermeable bonds between neighboring cells.
The cells from the outside of the epidermis have lost these cellular bridges and are detached at a pace of about 1,000 cells per square centimeter skin per hour. For an average adult, there are 17 million cells per hour every day.
Under the epidermis is the dermis, where the blood vessels, the nerves, the hair follicles, the pain receptors, the pressure receivers and the sweat glands are found.
Together, the epidermis and the dermis (the skin):
- protect us from ultraviolet radiation from the sun;
- synthesize vitamin D3, which helps intestines to absorb calcium;
- protect us against bacteria, parasites, fungi and viruses;
- regulate body temperature by dilating blood vessels and liberation of sweat by the sweat glands;
- They help show what we are feeling (think, for example, in flushing or goose bumps);
- They allow us to feel sensations like touch, pressure, pain and temperature.
Therefore, your skin is important and deserves to be cared for.
Washing daily can help prevent disease and very hot baths are often pleasant and can help you relax.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Usually we have many healthy organisms called Staphyloccocus epidermis on the skin. These help to increase the integrity of the layers of our skin (make connections between the strongest cells) and stimulate the production of anti-microbial proteins.
These small creatures like an acidic environment, such as the normal pH of the skin, between 4-6.
If the pH of the skin increases to about 7 (neutral), the unpleasant cousin of the Staphyloccocus epidermiso Staphyloccocus aureus – Also known as gold staphylococcus – will try seize it and cause infections.
Taking a hot shower or bath can increase skin pHwhich may end up benefiting gold staphylococcal.
Be immersed in very hot water remove a lot of moisture from your dermis and makes it lose water through sweat.
This makes your skin drier and makes your kidneys excrete more water, producing more urine.
Stay in a hot bath for a long time may reduce blood pressure, but increases the heart rate.
The heat of the shower or bath can activate the release of cytokines (inflammatory molecules), histamines (which are involved in allergic reactions) and increase the number of sensory nerves. All of this can jump After a very hot shower or bath.
Some people may have hives after showers or hot baths, which is a form of Induced chronic urticaria. It is quite rare and is usually treated with antihistamines.
Very hot baths dry the skin and make these people more susceptible to crises.
Bath Tricks
The skin of the hands and feet is less sensitive to heat and cold, so Always use the wrist, not your handsto test the water temperature if you are bathing a child, an elderly person or a disabled person.
The buttocks skin is the most sensitive to heat and cold. That’s why sometimes we think the bathtub is good when we enter it, but when we sit down the ass.
Moisturizing the skin after a bath or hot shower can helpbut make sure your moisturizer is up to the task.
To improve the skin barrier, two experts suggests, in an article, that moisturizers should contain a mixture of:
- emollient such as ceramids, squalans or dimeticona (emollients are incorporated into the lipid barrier of the epidermis to reduce water loss)
- moisturizer such as glycerin or hyaluronic acid (humectants attract the moisture of the dermis to the epidermis)
- occlusive Like Vaseline, mineral oil or cocoa butter (occlusive reduce water loss through the skin and increase the production of antimicrobial peptides).
“Again with itching, what should I do?”
If you have itching after a hot shower or shower, try to drink fresher, shorter showers and Avoid reusing sponges, bushings or cloths (which may contain bacteria).
Can also Dry your skin carefullyinstead of rubbing it with the towel. Applying a hypoallergenic moisturizing cream, such as sorbolene, on moist skin can also help.
If symptoms do not improve, Consult your doctor.
