This article is transferred from: Guangming.com
In hot summer, excessive greed for coolness is also prone to health problems. 15-year-old Xiao Li from Zibo, Shandong Province, accompanied by his parents, came to the hospital for treatment recently.
Patient Xiao Li: The air conditioner was blowing straight. When I woke up the next morning, the water leaked from the mouth. At the beginning, the face was out of control, and the blink of an eye was not enough. Very difficult.
Yu Mingliang, the attending TCM physician at the Department of Acupuncture and Tuina, Zhangdian District TCM Hospital, Zibo City, Shandong Province: He had been blowing the air conditioner for too long at night, causing the left side of his face He developed facial paralysis. Upon examination, he had lost all facial expressions, and he also had other symptoms of facial paralysis, such as ear pain.
After treatment, Xiao Li is currently recovering. The reporter found in many local hospitals that the number of adolescents with facial paralysis increased during the summer vacation, and even accounted for more than one-third, and the youngest were still in kindergarten. According to the doctor, the frequent alternation of hot and cold will lead to frequent expansion and contraction of facial blood vessels, which may easily lead to lesions.
Zhang Liping, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatrics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University: Generally, the air conditioner is used, and it is recommended to adjust the room temperature to about 26 degrees Celsius.