Contents:
- Medical Video: The New Flu
- Is it true that shampooing during flu can make pain worse?
- Not due to shampooing, but because of the cold feeling
- Then, can you still wash your hair even if you have the flu?
Medical Video: The New Flu
He said, we should not wash when the flu because it is considered to actually be able to further aggravate flu symptoms. Yes, these words still seem to circulate widely in the community without knowing the truth. Actually, is there really a connection between shampooing and getting sick with the flu that is getting worse? Here's the review.
Is it true that shampooing during flu can make pain worse?
It's not uncommon for people to avoid shampooing the flu for fear of getting worse. He said, after shampooing the body felt colder and finally the symptoms became more severe and did not improve.
Reporting from the Harvard Health Publishing page, the only way you can get the flu is because of contracting an influenza virus from someone else. This viral infection will spread very quickly from person to person, then enter your body especially when the immune system is declining.
Therefore, when your cold gets worse, it means that the influenza virus is developing in the body. So actually, shampooing during a cold or fever is actually fine and will not immediately cause the flu to get worse.
When you feel a cold sore even worse due to shampooing, actually not shampooing which triggers the deterioration of the body's condition. This can be triggered by a cold feeling from the water soaking through the whole body which then makes the immune system slowly decrease.
Indeed there are studies that try to see the relationship between cold and flu. The result, it is known that people who experience cold do tend to have more severe flu. Maybe this is the reason some people avoid shampooing during flu.
Not due to shampooing, but because of the cold feeling
Even so, that does not mean that the reason is simply that you shampoo and finally the flu gets worse, but because of the cold condition of the body. Because, when the body is cold, the blood vessels in the nose and throat will narrow.
In fact, these blood vessels play a role in producing white blood cells to fight infection. So, when there are only a few white blood cells in the nose and throat area due to narrowed blood vessels, the body's defense against the virus will also weaken.
Well, when you enter a warmer room and your hair has begun to dry out, your body temperature will return to normal. At this time the blood vessels start to enlarge to make it easier for white blood cells to fight the virus. But at this time, maybe the virus has developed and triggered the appearance of symptoms in the body.
In short, it is not because shampooing which directly results in flu is getting worse. But because of the influence of cold which ultimately triggers a decrease in the number of white blood cells, which are responsible for fighting infections.
Then, can you still wash your hair even if you have the flu?
Of course you can still wash when you have a cold or fever, even if you delay shampooing can result in a buildup of oil in your hair and scalp. In the end, it will cause hair to look greasy, limp, and even itchy.
The best solution even if you have a cold or a fever, you can wash it using warm water. Besides being able to prevent cold, shampooing with warm water is also useful for opening pores on the scalp. Finally, it can help cleanse dead skin cells, oil, and dirt that lodges in your scalp.
It is important to remember, also pay attention to the temperature of warm water that you use when shampooing. Preferably, do not use water with a temperature that is too hot, because it can actually cause damage to the hair.
