How to stay healthy and prevent diseases? Zhang Wenhong summarizes 10 "health tips"

Someone once said to Huazi, "You always tell people how to cure diseases, why don't you talk more about how to prevent diseases?" In fact, Huazi has talked about this topic before, but most people's mentality is "don't cry until you see the coffin", and they never think about how to prevent diseases before they get sick. Only after they fall ill, they think about seeing a doctor.

When Huazi was watching the 2020 "First Lesson of School" with his son, he saw "Internet celebrity doctor" Zhang Wenhong, who presented 10 "health tips" for common health problems of children and teenagers. Every word in this "health tip" is valuable advice, which is not only needed by children and teenagers, but also can protect the health of adults. Today, Huazi will use this "health tip" to talk about how we can have a healthy future.

1. "Wearing a mask is to protect yourself and others." When dealing with a respiratory disease, the best way to protect yourself is isolation. A mask that meets the standards is a way to keep yourself away from external dangers. And masks are not just for self-protection, they can also isolate people who may carry dangerous pathogens, forming an "island."

If the total number of infected people decreases, medical resources will be concentrated on those who are sick. So when sick people wear masks, they are helping others while helping themselves.

2. "Wash your hands as carefully as you do your homework" From the perspective of hygiene and epidemic prevention, the importance of hand washing is even higher than wearing a mask. Human hands are in the most contact with the outside world, and they also bring risks to themselves. Many pathogens of infectious diseases are difficult to break through the defense of human skin, but after contaminating human hands, they can easily enter the human body through hand-to-mouth, nose, eyes, etc. Therefore, washing hands carefully is the most important part of preventing diseases.

3. "When you sneeze, cover your mouth with paper or your elbow." Someone has done an experiment and found that when a person sneezes, the huge pressure of the gas in the respiratory tract will spray droplets up to 8 meters away. If he has an infectious disease, it is easy to infect others. Covering the mouth with a tissue or elbow will prevent the droplets from being sprayed to a wider range. The pathogens blocked by the tissue or clothing will soon lose their activity when exposed to the air and sunlight.

4. "Use public chopsticks when dining together, and do not mix tableware" In Chinese food culture, it is customary for many people to sit around a table for dining together. When each person's chopsticks are used to pick up food, it is easy to contaminate the food. For example, the infection rate of Helicobacter pylori, which is closely related to gastric cancer, in the Chinese population is over 70%, and the main reason is the mutual infection at the table. In order to avoid this situation, when dining together, it is necessary to develop the habit of using public chopsticks and spoons.

5. "Don't touch small animals of unknown origin, and don't touch yourself if your hands are dirty." Animals in nature carry many pathogens and parasites, which may be "symbiotic" for animals, but may cause disease to humans. So except for domestic pets, don't touch other animals. If you touch an animal of unknown origin or other dirty things, be sure to wash your hands in time to avoid touching other parts of your body to cause contamination.

6. "Eat a good breakfast, eat more high-protein food." The traditional Chinese breakfast is mainly composed of porridge, noodles and other carbohydrates. However, the human body is more active in the morning, and breakfast needs enough calories to support normal work and study. Therefore, it is suitable to eat more protein-rich foods such as fish, meat, eggs and milk for breakfast. If all the food you eat in a day is divided into 10 portions, then breakfast accounts for 5 portions, lunch 3 portions, and dinner 2 portions is a more reasonable healthy diet distribution plan.

7. “Don’t overuse your eyes. Look far away when your eyes are tired.” Eyes are an important but delicate organ of the human body. Not only do teenagers’ eyes need protection, but adults’ eyes need protection as well. The retinal arteries are very thin. When you stare at a book or a mobile phone screen for too long, it may cause retinal artery spasm, resulting in insufficient blood supply and blurred vision. In severe cases, it may cause vascular edema, exudation, and even retinal detachment. Therefore, it is very important to look far away more often and rest your eyes in time.

8. "Keep exercising and maintain a reasonable weight" The most effective way to stay healthy is to exercise. Many chronic diseases, such as high blood pressure, high blood lipids, and high blood sugar that can cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, are mainly caused by lack of exercise and excessive weight. Chinese people generally have excessive nutrition, and there are more and more obese people, so "control your mouth and move your legs" is always the most effective way to stay healthy.

9. "Get enough sleep every day" Sleep problems are health problems that are easily overlooked. Staying up late and lack of sleep are common problems for modern people. Lack of sleep will not only make you mentally depressed, but also cause physiological disorders, reduce immunity, induce abnormal glucose and lipid metabolism and high blood pressure. Therefore, going to bed early and getting up early, and getting a good sleep, is the basis for maintaining normal immunity.

10. "Healthy growth is more important than grades" The last "treasure" is the true meaning of life. Whether studying or working, all the achievements are not as good as your health. Health is the "1" and grades are just the "0" behind it. When the "1" of health is gone, no matter how many "0"s there are, they will become meaningless. So you can't just focus on the immediate interests and overdraw your future health. You have to take a long-term view to better embrace the future.

As long as you follow these 10 "Health Treasures", diseases will stay away from you. It is not difficult to stay healthy and prevent diseases. The most difficult part is to persist in doing it and not give up. I hope more people can learn healthy methods from the "Health Treasures" and work hard to embrace a healthy future for themselves and their families. I am pharmacist Huazi, welcome to follow me and share more health knowledge.