With the development of the economy and the improvement of people’s living standards, China’s car sales have continued to soar, and the number of car owners has become increasingly large, and many car owners with little experience have taken to the road. While people enjoy the convenience, comfort and pleasure brought by cars, more and more car owners are experiencing various forms of “auto sickness”. Such as the following seemingly simple ten “health problems”, should draw the car family’s high attention, should not underestimate them. Otherwise, they may become a major threat to their health hidden.
NO.1 obesity can not escape
With the increase in the number of private cars, many private car owners as long as they go out, no matter how far or near is to car, many people are in a step is also not willing to walk the state, even to the nearby supermarket shopping, to the bank for business are to drive to. Car owners get a lot of convenience at the same time, neglected health problems, a variety of diseases, the most common is obesity, while some experts warn: long-term driving people who do not pay attention to health care, within 5 years may suffer from diabetes.
Health tips: some private car owners had no major problems, but after the car will suddenly find themselves in a rapid increase in weight, flat abdomen also do not know when to become a “general belly”. This is due to their long-term driving lack of necessary exercise after the emergence of serious health conditions. For this reason, it is best to ensure that car people can guarantee half an hour of activity time every day, and it is best to walk instead of a car when you are not far away, to enjoy a low-carbon life.
NO.2 Muscle cramps
Many car owners who do not care enough about themselves more casual, driving for a long time will feel numbness in the hands, pain and discomfort, and more and more serious. In fact, the owner of the hand numbness and long-term driving without gloves, because when driving without gloves, the vibration of the car will be transmitted directly to the body through the vibration of the steering wheel, and this will easily lead to muscle spasm, atrophy, and even make bone and joint changes, localized osteophytes or deformation arthritis.
Health tips: when driving must wear special gloves for driving (do not try to save money to wear nylon gloves, because nylon gloves slippery hands easy to danger), this driving gloves can slow down the vibration force transmitted to the body by the car. In addition, the seat and backrest can be padded with elastic cushions, can also reduce vibration. Long hours of driving should also be appropriate to move the knuckles.
NO.3 back pain
People who drive often maintain a sitting position for a long time, so the waist often aches and pains. The muscles are static and tense, easy to make the muscles of the waist fatigue. And when the lumbar muscles are fatigued for a long time and not relaxed, it will be transformed into lumbar muscle strain, and under the influence of external forces such as car bumps, it may even induce lumbar disc protrusion.
Health tip: One-time continuous driving time should not be too long, especially when encountering bad road conditions, the speed of the car should not be too fast to avoid reducing the damage caused by violent bumps to the spine. Cushions are also very applicable, and suitable cushions can be placed on the seat and backrest. In addition, drivers should participate in more sports, it is best to choose full-body, large muscle groups involved in sports, such as running, brisk walking, etc.
NO.4 Visual fatigue
When driving, because the eyes are always looking ahead and concerned about the pedestrians and other situations on the road, the eye muscles are very tense and may become sore. In summer, there is also sunlight and the reflection of the road light, drivers are very prone to visual fatigue, dizziness, blurred vision, swelling and pain in both eyes.
Health tip: It’s best to park your car in a safe area at intervals to get some shut-eye. As for blocking the sun, you can consider choosing solar film, sun visors or sun screens that can insulate the sun. When the sun is strong, drivers are advised to wear sunglasses.
NO.5 Cervical spondylosis
In addition, the neck is the same, the driver driving, always looking in one direction, when the neck muscles spasm, cervical micro-misalignment occurs, compression, stimulation of nerves, there will be head, shoulder, upper limb pain, swelling phenomenon.
Health tip: When driving, car owners should adjust their sitting posture and adjust the seat to a suitable position so that the four physiological bends of the entire spine can fully attach to the seat backrest. You can use the time spent waiting for red lights to do some health activities. The easiest way is to shake the head in the order of front, back, left and right. Shake your head for a week in this way, and then in the opposite direction. Do it 10 times each for the left and right.
NO.6 attention drop, not focused
General car space are relatively small, the driver in the car for too long, narrow space, a variety of noise interference in the car, and even some of the odor emitted by the interior (often have a slight toxicity), these different factors can act on the human body, such as long-term noise, vibration, carbon monoxide and other harmful factors, easy to cause plant nerve dysfunction, further affecting other organs, very easy to Reduce the driver’s ability to respond to unexpected situations and judgment, causing a serious threat to driving safety, is very noteworthy.
Health tips: drivers themselves encounter nausea, dizziness, must pay attention, do not always stay in a closed car, air conditioning on although temporarily make you feel comfortable, but there is no natural ventilation is good, it is best to open the windows every once in a while for 5 minutes, so that fresh air circulation, refreshing brain. In addition, if a long trip to drive for a long time, it is best to stop every hour or two to rest.
NO.7 high-speed driving syndrome
Some people like to drive fast, in fact, this is very bad for health. According to relevant information, driving fast will have a series of effects on people’s physical and mental health, and suffer from “high-speed driving syndrome”. The faster the speed of the vehicle, the more nervous, the cerebral cortex is highly excited, adrenaline-like secretion increases, prompting the heart rate to accelerate. If the vehicle speed exceeds 80 kilometers per hour, the heart rate will increase to 100-110 times per minute; when the vehicle speed of 120 kilometers per hour or more, the heart rate will exceed 110 times per minute. Long time high speed driving, can affect cardiovascular function, but also easy to induce coronary heart disease.
Health tips: in the usual driving vehicles, should be careful driving, strictly comply with traffic rules, prohibit speeding, even in the highway driving, you can not speed.
NO.8 men are prone to urinary system diseases
As drivers are in a hurry, once the car is to reach another destination, so rarely stop in the middle. There are many drivers who are restricted by work or inconvenience can not ensure timely and sufficient water, so that their bodies are in a state of mild dehydration (urine when urine is tea yellow is already mild dehydration), urine concentration, prone to urethritis, cystitis, plus keep the same sitting posture for a long time, more likely to trigger prostatitis.
Health tips: drivers should pay attention to the combination of work and rest, pay attention to hydration, so that their bodies are in good condition, in addition, after the hydration can reduce a series of problems caused by urine concentration, but also allows people to go to the toilet a few more times, drivers can take this opportunity to stretch, relax themselves, so that the body has a space to relieve.
NO.9 Grumpy and depressed and other psychological problems
Motor vehicle engine operation, car horns, etc., can produce noise of different intensities. The stronger noise in the cab is mainly concentrated in the low frequency band. Long-term exposure to a certain intensity of noise, can cause changes in human mood, worry, easily agitated, fatigue and other irritable emotions, long-term driver’s psychology will produce tired of driving, threatening driving safety.
Health tips: drivers should always keep a relaxed mood, to avoid bringing bad emotions to the car, encounter annoying things best to soothe the mood before driving, driving encounter traffic jams, uncivilized driving phenomenon more relaxed mind.
NO.10 functional gastrointestinal disease
Most of the people with cars are also “very busy family”, diet, metabolism is irregular, many people driving have had the experience of hunger, want to defecate, but often hold on to the mentality, with the subjective consciousness to inhibit these physiological requirements. These normal physiological reflexes are repeatedly and chronically inhibited, which can weaken the reflexes and lead to digestive disorders.
In addition, the traffic jams and uncivilized driving usually encountered during the driving process can make drivers nervous, anxious, angry and other bad emotions, which affect gastrointestinal secretion, movement and mucosal blood flow through the neuroendocrine pathway, resulting in excessive secretion of gastric acid and reduced mucosal blood flow, making them prone to diseases such as gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Health tip: Drivers should pay attention to maintain good habits, pay attention to the regular diet and regular rest. For example, starving a meal will cause indigestion, often inhibit defecation will weaken the defecation reflex, making the stool indifferent, leading to constipation. In addition, it is important to maintain a good driving mood.
Also, women within 3 months of pregnancy and over 6 months of pregnancy should not drive. Within 3 months of pregnancy, pregnant women have been sitting on the seat, the pelvis and uterus blood circulation is not good, will affect the development of the fetus; more than 6 months of pregnancy, the reaction of pregnant women will be less flexible, once the emergency emergency brake, the steering wheel is easy to ram the abdomen, causing water breakage, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth and other accidents.
In general, people with cars should use scientific driving and pay attention to self-care. Don’t drive fatigued, refuse to drink and drive, really do “drink without a car, drive without drinking”. For long-term driving drivers, it is very important to pay attention to and prevent the above diseases, because many of the major problems are generated by these minor problems. So, always pay attention to your body’s minor ailments or symptoms, so that these potential minor problems do not end up being the “invisible killer” that affects your health.