The harm of hot compress on women's abdomen

Hot compress is a common physical therapy method, which is also widely used in clinical medicine. In daily life, many friends like to apply hot compress to the lower abdomen, especially female friends. During the menstrual period or after catching a cold, they choose to apply hot compress to the lower abdomen to keep warm and prevent freezing. This kind of hot compress method is also more suitable for women with cold uterus, such as menstrual pain, blood clots during menstruation, or dark menstrual color, which are all manifestations of cold uterus. But you can't use heat for a long time. So is there any harm in applying hot compress to the lower abdomen frequently? Let’s take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of applying hot compress to the lower abdomen frequently.

1. Hot compress is not suitable for everyone: If the skin is not sensitive or the skin is abnormal, such as the elderly, children, or patients with diabetes neuropathy and stroke, these groups are not suitable for blindly following the trend of hot compress. It should be carried out under the guidance of a doctor, because these people blindly apply hot compresses without paying attention to the temperature, which can easily burn the skin. Everyone must pay attention to controlling the temperature, otherwise it is easy to burn the skin.

2. Hot compress is not suitable for all diseases: Physical therapy such as hot compress is mainly used to treat cold symptoms, using the basic principle of heat to dispel the cold. Therefore, patients with damp-heat symptoms should avoid hot compress treatment. If this group of people often apply hot compresses, they are prone to getting angry. This group of people are afraid of cold, or have bad breath and constipation. If they are female patients, they usually also have excessive menstrual flow. If all of these groups of people apply hot compresses, it will aggravate the symptoms or cause problems of getting angry.

3. Advantages and disadvantages of hot compress: There are many benefits of hot compress, mainly including improving dizziness, treating stiff neck, and relieving eye fatigue. Hot compress can not only improve dizziness symptoms, but also improve our reaction ability and thinking. The use of hot compress can stimulate the acupoints behind the brain. Hot compress can also significantly relieve stiff neck. At the same time, regular hot compress around the eyes can also relieve eye fatigue and promote blood circulation around the eyes. The purpose of hot compress is mainly to help us open the pores of the skin to accelerate absorption, but hot compress cannot be performed every day, especially for those who are not sensitive. Too frequent hot compress can easily burn the skin and cause skin allergies.

The above is a sharing of several aspects about the advantages and disadvantages of hot compress on the lower abdomen. The advantages of hot compress outweigh the disadvantages. Just pay attention to the frequency not being too frequent and pay attention to controlling the temperature. It can promote blood circulation very well for female friends and patients with weak constitution, but patients with sensitive skin should pay attention to the temperature of hot compress to avoid scalding the skin and causing skin damage.