Are you stuck between choosing hot water and cold water for bathing? The hot water bath Vs. cold water bath debate has been on for a long time now. While each has its benefits to offer, what one must opt for depends on various factors like age, current season, habits, history of the disease, etc.
In that sense, a cold shower has the opposite effect of a hot shower for someone with hypertension or cardiovascular disease, since exposure to cold temperatures triggers the circulatory system to reduce inflammation and can help prevent cardiovascular disease.
Hot showers are not advisable if you have high blood pressure or cardiovascular disease. water is too hot, these conditions can get aggravated. water is too hot, and you shampoo your hair, it can dry the hair out and strip your scalp of its natural oils, leaving it frizzy. The same applies to the skin, where very hot water can strip the skin of its natural oils making it dry and itchy.
Studies have shown that a cold water bath improves the reproductive health in men by stimulating the release of testosterone. It may also help in improving lung function.
What is important is that you should not bathe with water that is either too hot or too cold as bathing with really hot water can disturb the pH level of the skin, while bathing with water that is too cold can make you catch a cold.
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