Rumors refuted: Excessive sweating is good for cancer patients? Wrong, excessive sweating will not detoxify, but will be harmful

Sweating is a self-regulating mechanism of the human body. When the human body produces too much heat or the body is placed in an overheated surrounding environment, such as exercise, summer outdoor activities or sauna, it will be dissipated through sweating. Body heat maintains a relatively constant body temperature. Many people believe that sweating can detoxify, so sweating a lot is good for the body, and is thought to be good for cancer patients. Is this really the case? Let’s talk about it below. Sweating a lot does not detoxify. First of all, let’s dispel a rumor. The idea that sweating detoxifies is actually not correct. The main component of sweat is water, as well as inorganic salts (sodium, potassium) and a small amount of urea. Obviously, water and inorganic salts are substances our human body needs and are not poisons. Urea is a nitrogen-containing product of protein metabolism in the liver. Excess urea can indeed be said to be waste that the human body no longer needs and needs to be excreted. However, urea itself is non-toxic and is mainly excreted through the kidneys in the urine. The urea excreted through sweat only accounts for less than 1% of the daily excretion of the human body. Therefore, detoxification of the human body is mainly achieved through the kidneys. The main function of sweating is to dissipate heat to maintain the stability of body temperature, but it basically has no detoxification effect. Is excessive sweating good for cancer patients? Due to the special pathological state of the body, cancer patients may experience loss of appetite and malabsorption, resulting in relative nutritional deficiencies. At the same time, tumors consume a large amount of nutrients in the body, causing weight loss and fatigue. If you sweat a lot at this time, no matter how you sweat, it will be extremely detrimental to cancer patients. Because heavy sweating not only takes away excess water from the body, it also takes away electrolytes such as sodium and potassium. Due to the relative lack of nutrition in cancer patients, some patients may have low potassium and low sodium. On the one hand, this will aggravate the body's water loss and lead to collapse. On the other hand, it will lead to a lack of electrolytes in the body: when sweating a lot, it will cause the body's necessary Calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, manganese, copper and other trace elements are slowly lost, manifesting as muscle twitching and malnutrition. Long-term heavy sweating in children can lead to growth retardation and physical decline. Excessive sweating may also weaken the digestive function: manifested in symptoms such as poor appetite, anorexia, weight loss, etc. In addition, excessive sweating can also lead to a decrease in the body's immunity: people who are prone to sweating a lot are prone to catching colds and often have sneezing and runny noses. Symptoms such as runny nose, nasal congestion, and diarrhea. Although excessive sweating is not good for cancer patients, it does not mean that cancer patients cannot exercise. Due to diseases, chemotherapy and other reasons, cancer patients can have low immunity. In addition to using drugs to enhance immunity, cancer patients can also improve immunity through appropriate exercise, but this does not include strenuous exercise. Walking, jogging, and cycling are recommended. For slow-paced sports such as swimming and swimming, the exercise time should not be too long to avoid excessive sweating. Pay attention to replenishing water after exercise. #refute rumors# #真来了# @HealthTruthOfficer @Toutiao Refute Rumors Disclaimer: The above content comes from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. If there is any infringement of your original copyright, please inform us and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.