sauna ['s? un?] ), or sudatory , is a small room or building designed as a place to experience a dry or wet heat session, or an establishment with one or more of these facilities. The steam and high heat made the baths sweaty. Infrared therapy is often referred to as a type of sauna, but according to the Finnish sauna organization, infrared is not a sauna.
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Etymology
Originally borrowed from early Proto-Germanic * stakna - whose descendants include English stack , the word sauna is an ancient Finnish word that refers to traditional Finnish Baths and the bath itself. In Finnic other than Finnish and Estonian, sauna does not necessarily mean a building or space built for bathing. It could also mean a small cabin or cottage, like a cabin for a fisherman.
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History
Sauna is known in the western world today comes from Finland. There is a built-in sauna in almost every home in Finland. The oldest known sauna in Finland is made from holes excavated on slopes on the ground and is mainly used as a place to stay in winter. The sauna featured a fireplace where the rocks were heated to high temperatures. Water is thrown into hot stones to produce steam and gives rise to an increased heat sensation. This will increase the temperature so high that people can take off their clothes. The first Finnish saunas are what is now called savusaunas , or a smoke sauna. This is different from the current saunas because they are heated by heating a pile of stones called kiuas by burning wood in large quantities of about 6 to 8 hours, and then letting the smoke out before enjoying lÃÆ'¶yly , or hot sauna. Properly heated "Savusauna" provides up to 12 hours of heat.
Public sauna throughout Europe during the Middle Ages. Due to the spread of syphilis and scare disease in the 1500s, the sauna culture died on most continents. Finland is the exception to this because the epidemic does not take strong in the area, which is the main reason why the current sauna culture is largely regarded as Finnish.
As a result of the Industrial Revolution, saunas evolved to use metal wood, or kiuas ['kiu.?s] , with chimney. The average air temperature is about 75-100 ° C (167 ° -12 ° F) but sometimes exceeds 110 ° C (230 ° F) in a Finnish traditional sauna. When Finland migrated to other regions of the world, they brought their sauna designs and traditions. This led to further evolution of the sauna, including the electric sauna stove, which was introduced in 1938 by Metos Ltd in Vaasa. Although the current sauna culture is more or less tied to Finnish culture, sauna evolutions occur around the same time both in Finland and the Baltic states share the same meaning and importance of sauna in everyday life, still together to this day. Sauna became very popular especially in Scandinavia and the German-speaking region of Europe after the Second World War. The German army must know the Finnish sauna during their war against the Soviet Union in front of Soviet-Finnish World War II, where they fought on the same side. Finnish cleanliness is highly dependent on the sauna, that they have built the sauna not only in moving tents but even in bunkers. After the war, the German army brought the custom back to Germany and Austria, where it became popular in the second half of the twentieth century. 20. German sauna culture also became popular in neighboring countries such as Switzerland, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.
Archaeological sites in Greenland and Newfoundland have found structures that are very similar to traditional Scandinavian tea saunas, some with bath platforms and "large quantities of heavily charred stones".
The Korean traditional sauna, called hanjeungmak , is a vaulted structure made of stone first mentioned in Sejong Sillok from the Joseon Dynasty History of the 15th century. Supported by Sejong the Great, hanjeungmak is praised for its health benefits and is used to treat illness. At the beginning of the 15th century, Buddhist monks maintained a hanjeungmak clinic, called hanjeungso, to treat the sick poor; The clinic maintains separate facilities for men and women due to high demand. Korean sauna culture and sauna kiln are still popular today, and Korean saunas are everywhere.
Modern Sauna
In many circumstances, temperatures approaching and exceeding 100 ° C (212 ° F) will be completely unbearable and may be fatal if exposed to long periods of time. Sauna solves this problem by controlling moisture. The hottest Finnish saunas have a relatively low humidity level in which steam is produced by pouring water into hot stones. This allows air temperatures that can boil water to be tolerated and even enjoyed for longer periods of time. A steam bath, like a Turkish bath, where moisture is close to 100%, will be set to a much lower temperature of around 40 ° C (104 ° F) to compensate. "Wet heat" will cause heat if the temperature is set much higher.
In a typical Finnish sauna, the air temperature, the room and the bench are above the dew point even when the water is thrown into the hot stone and evaporates. So, they stay dry. In contrast, sauna baths are around 38Ã, Â ° C (100Ã, Â ° F), which is below the dew point, so water condenses in the skin of the baths. This process releases heat and keeps the steam warm.
Better control over the temperatures experienced can be achieved by choosing a higher level bench for those who want a hotter experience or lower level bench for a more moderate temperature. A good sauna has a relatively small temperature gradient between different seating levels. The door must remain closed and used quickly to maintain the inside temperature.
Some sports centers and public sports centers of North America, Western Europe, Japan, Russia and South Africa include sauna facilities. They can also be present in public and private pools. As an added facility, the sauna may have one or more jacuzzi. In some spa centers, there is a special "snow room", also known as cold sauna or cryotherapy. Operating at a temperature of -110 Â ° C (-166 Â ° F), users are in the sauna for a period of only about 3 minutes.
Use
The steam sauna takes 30 minutes to heat up the first time it starts. Some users prefer a warm bath first to speed up sweat in the sauna. When in sauna users often sit on a towel for cleanliness and put a towel on the head if the face feels too hot but the body feels comfortable. In Russia, a "banya" hat that feels can be used to protect the head from heat; this allows the wearer to increase heat throughout the body. Most of the temperature adjustments in the sauna come from,
- the amount of water thrown into the heater, this increases the moisture, so sauna pools sweat more.
- long lived in sauna
- positioned in the sauna
Heating caused by direct radiation will be bigger closest to the stove. Heating from the air will be lower on a lower bench when heat increases. Provided the sauna is not crowded, lying on the bench is considered better because it gives more temperatures above the body. Heating caused by fresh fumes can be very different in different parts of the sauna. As the steam rises directly upwards it will spread throughout the roof and move towards the corner, where it will then be forced down. As a result, the heat of fresh vapor can sometimes be felt most strongly in the farthest corners of the sauna. Users increase the duration and heat gradually over time as they adapt to the sauna. When pouring water into a heater, it will cool the heater, but bring more heat into the air through advection, making the sauna warmer.
Sweat is a sign of an autonomic response that seeks to cool the body. Users are advised to leave the sauna if the heat becomes unbearable, or if they feel faint or ill. Some saunas have thermostats to adjust the temperature, but management and other users expect to be consulted before changes are made. Heating saunas and stones are very hot - must remain clear to avoid injury, especially when water is poured into sauna rocks, which creates a steamy burst immediately. Flammability in or near heaters has been known to produce fire. Contact lenses are dry in heat. Any jewelry or metal objects, including glasses, will become hot in the sauna and may cause discomfort or burning.
Temperatures in different parts of the body can be adjusted to protect from steam radiators with towels. Protecting the face with a towel has been found to reduce the perception of heat. It may be advisable to put an extra towel or a special lid on the hair to avoid dryness. Few people can sit directly in front of the heater without feeling too hot because of the radiant heat, but their overall body temperature may not be enough. Because people's bodies are often the coolest thing in the sauna room, the steam will condense into water on the skin; this can be confusing with sweat.
Cooling is part of the sauna cycle and is just as important as warming up. Among the users it is considered good practice to take some time after getting out of the sauna before entering the cold plunge, and into the plunge pool by stepping into it gradually, rather than instantly immerse yourself fully. In summer, sessions often begin with a cold shower. Therapeutic saunas have been shown to help adapt, reduce stress hormones, lower blood pressure and improve cardiovascular conditions.
Technology
Currently there are various sauna options. Heat sources include wood, electricity, gas and other unconventional methods such as solar power. There is a wet sauna, dry sauna, smoke sauna and steam sauna. There are two main types of stoves: continuous heating and heat storage types. The continuous heating stove has a small heat capacity and can be heated rapidly on demand, while the heat storage stove has a large heat capacity (rock) and can take longer to heat.
Heat storage type
Smoke Sauna
The smoked sauna (Finland savusauna , Estonia suitsusaun , VÃÆ'Âμro savvusann ) is one of the earliest forms of saunas. This is just a room that contains a pile of stones, but without a chimney. The fire burns directly under the rocks and after a while, the fire goes out. The heat held in the rocks, and the previous fire, became the main source to heat the sauna. After this process, ash and coals are removed from the stove, the benches and floor are cleaned, and the room is allowed to come out and refresh for a period of time. Smoke soaks the layer of soot on each surface, so if the bench and backrest can be removed when the fire is on, the required amount of cleaning is reduced. Depending on the size of the stove and time of view, the temperature may be low, around 60 Â ° C (140 Â ° F), while the humidity is relatively high. The tradition is almost dead, but revived by the fans in the 1980s. It's still used in Finnish today by some fans, but usually only on special occasions like Christmas, New Year, Easter, and juhannus (Midsummer).
Hot-sauna storage
The smoke-sauna stove is also used with a closed stone compartment and a chimney (heat storage stove) which removes the smell of smoke and eye irritation from the smoke sauna. The heat storage stove does not release much heat in the sauna before bathing because the stone compartment has an insulated lid. When sauna bath begins and shutter lÃÆ'¶yly opens a stream of soft warmth to a relatively cold sauna (60 ° C, 140 ° F). This heat is soft and clean because, thanks to burning, the stove burns red, even white is hot, and free of dust at the same time. When bathing the sauna the heat storage will become hot like a fire type sauna continuously (80-110 Â ° C; 176-230 Â ° F) but more moist. The stone is usually heat-resistant and the heat-retaining peridotite. The top of the stove is often insulated with wool and brick rocks. Stoves that store heat are also found with electric heaters, with similar services but no need to maintain fire.
Continuous heat type
Continuous fire sauna
A continuous fire stove, instead of stored heat, is a relatively new invention. There are fireplaces and chimneys, and stones are placed in the compartment just above the fire box. It takes a shorter time to heat up than a hot storage sauna, about an hour. A heated sauna requires manual labor in the form of keeping fire during bath; fire can also be seen as a danger.
Heated sauna with fire is common in cottages, where extra work to maintain fire is not a problem.
Electric stove saunas
The most common types of modern saunas are those with electric stoves. The stones are heated and stored at a temperature using an electric heating element. There is a thermostat and a timer (eight hours of maximum continuous heating time) on the stove. This type of heating is generally only used in urban saunas.
Other sweat showers
Many cultures have sweat baths, though some have spiritual uses while others are purely secular. In Ancient Rome there was thermae or balneae (from the Greek ???????? balaneÃÆ'®on ), its characteristics persisted in Turkish or Arabic hammam . In America there is Nahuatl (Aztec) tem? Zcalli [theme: s'kal: i] , Maya zumpul-chÃÆ' Â © , and Mixtec ÃÆ''ihi ; in Canada and the United States, a number of First Nations and Native American cultures have a variety of spiritual sweat sweat (Lakota: ini , Anishinaabemowin madoodiswan ). In Europe we find Russian banya , Estonian saun (synonymous with Finnish sauna), Latvian pirts , European Jews shvitz , and Swedish bastu . In Asia, Japan Mushi-Buro and Korean jjimjilbang . The Karo people in Indonesia have enough . In some parts of Africa there is sifutu .
Worldwide
Although cultures around the globe have imported and customized saunas, many traditional habits do not survive the journey. Today, public perceptions about saunas, sauna "etiquette" and sauna habits vary greatly from country to country. In many countries, saunas will become a new fashion and attitude towards changing saunas, while in other traditions have survived from generation to generation.
Africa
In Africa, the majority of sauna facilities are found in upscale hotels, spas and health clubs and most share the technology of sauna heating and design concepts as applied in Europe. Although outdoor temperatures stay warmer and more humid, this does not affect the general application or the intended sauna experience offered in this commercial environment that offers a traditional sauna or steam bath experience.
Asia
In Iran most gyms, hotels and almost all public pools have indoor saunas. It is common for a swimming pool to have two saunas known in Persia as ????? ??? "dry sauna" and ????? ???? "steam sauna", with a dry type usually boast a higher temperature. A cold water pool (and/or more recently a cold jacuzzi) is almost always accompanied and towels are usually provided. Adding therapeutic essential oils or relaxation to the rocks is common. In Iran, unlike Finland, sitting in a sauna is mostly seen as part of a spa/club culture, rather than a bathing ritual. It is usually considered as a means for relaxation or detoxification (through sweat). Having a sauna room in a private property is considered a luxury not a necessity. The public sauna is separated and nudity is prohibited.
In Japan, many saunas are at sports and public baths (sent?). Sauna is almost always segregated by sex, often required by law, and nudity is a mandatory part of proper sauna etiquette. While just after World War II, public baths were common in Japan, the number of subscribers has been reduced as more and more people are able to buy homes and apartments equipped with their own private baths when the country becomes richer. As a result, many are sent add more features like a sauna to survive.
In Korea, the sauna is basically a public bath. Various names are used to describe them, such as smaller mogyoktang, oncheon outdoors, and complex jjimjilbang. The word "sauna" is widely used for "British appeal", but does not strictly refer to the original Fennoscandian steam room that has become popular all over the world. The word konglek sauna (???) usually refers to the bath with jacuzzi, hot tub, shower, steam room, and related facilities.
In Laos, herbal steam sauna or hom yaa in Laotian, very popular especially with women, and available in every village. Many women use yogurt or pasta based on acid mixture on their skin as a beauty treatment. The sauna is always heated by a wood fire and the spices are added directly to the boiling water or steam jet indoors. Gender mixed sitting room but steam room separated gender. The bael fruit tea known in lao as tea mukam is usually served.
Australia and Canada
In Australia and Canada, saunas are found mainly in hotels, swimming pools and health clubs and if used by men and women, are not allowed to smoke. In a gym or health club with separate male and female locker rooms, nudity is permitted, but members are usually asked to take a bath before using the sauna and to sit on a towel.
Europe
Dutch-speaking area
Public saunas can be found throughout the Netherlands and Flanders, both in big cities and in smaller cities, gender mixed nakedness is a generally accepted rule. In the Netherlands and Flanders, some saunas may offer women only (or just "swimsuits" for people less comfortable with sex-mixed nudity; Algemeen Dagblad reported in 2008 that only for women only, bath time required Muslim women to sauna.
Finnish and Estonian Sauna
Sauna sessions can be a social affair in which participants remove their clothes and sit or lie in temperatures usually between 70 and 100 ° C (158 and 212 ° F). It induces relaxation and improves perspiration. The Finns use a bunch of birch branches with fresh leaves, to gently slap the skin and create further stimulation of the pores and cells.
Sauna is an important part of everyday life, and families bathe together in the sauna of the house. There are at least 2 million saunas according to the official list. The Finnish Sauna Society believes that its number could actually reach 3.2 million saunas (population 5.5 million). Many Finns need at least a week, and more when they visit their summer huts in the countryside. Here the pattern of life tends to revolve around the sauna, and the nearby lake used to cool itself
The sauna tradition in Estonia is almost identical to Finland because the sauna traditionally holds a central role in the life of an individual. Ancient Estonian residents believed the sauna was inhabited by spirits. In traditional traditions, saunas are not just places where people wash, but also used as a place where the bride is purified by ceremony, where women give birth and the place of the dying man makes their last bed. The folk traditions associated with the Estonian sauna are mostly identical to those that surround the Finnish sauna. On New Year's Eve, the sauna will be held before midnight to cleanse body and soul for years to come.
In France, the UK, and much of Southern Europe, single sex saunas are the most common type. Nudity is expected in separate saunas but is usually prohibited in mixed saunas. This is a source of confusion when residents of these countries visit the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria or vice versa. Sauna sessions tend to be shorter and cold rain is avoided mostly. In the United Kingdom, where public saunas are becoming more fashionable, the practice of alternating between sauna and jacuzzi in the short seat (considered as carelessness in Northern Europe) has emerged. Foreign visitors should also be aware that some small companies that are advertised as 'saunas' are actually brothels and there is rarely a legitimate sauna without a health spa or other sports facilities in the UK.
In Portugal, steam baths were usually used by the Castrejos people, before the arrival of the Romans in the western part of the Iberian Peninsula. The historian Strabo speaks of the Lusitans tradition which consists of a steam bath session followed by a cold water bath. Pedra Formosa is the original name given in the middle of the pre-Roman steam bath.
German-speaking countries
In Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and South Tyrol (but rarely in other parts of Italy), most public swimming pool complexes have a sauna area; in these places, nudity is a generally accepted rule, and the benches are expected to be covered by a customer towel. These rules are applied strictly in some public saunas. Separate sex-type saunas for both sexes are rare, most places offer women's special saunas and mixed genders, or arrange women's day-to-day saunas once a week. Loud conversations are unusual because the sauna is seen as a healing place rather than socializing. Contrary to Russia and the Nordic countries, pouring water on hot stones to increase the humidity ( Aufguss , lit: "Onpouring") is usually not done by the visitors of the sauna themselves; The larger sauna area has a responsible person ( Saunameister ) for that, either employees of the sauna complex or volunteers. Aufguss sessions can take up to 10 minutes, and take place on schedule. During the Aufguss session, Saunameister used a large towel to circulate the hot air through the sauna, intensifying sweat and perception of heat. After the Aufguss session has started, it is not considered courtesy to enter the sauna, because opening the door will lead to a loss of heat (Sauna guests are expected to enter the sauna just before Aufguss.) Leaving sessions is allowed, but reluctantly tolerated). Aufguss sessions are usually announced by a schedule at the sauna door. An ongoing Aufguss session may be indicated by a light or a sign hanging above the sauna entrance. A cold shower or bath immediately after sauna, as well as exposure to fresh air on a special balcony, garden or open space ( Frischluftraum ) is considered a must.
In German-speaking Switzerland, customs are generally the same as in Germany and Austria, although you tend to see more families (parents with their children) and young people. Also in terms of socializing in the sauna, Swiss people are more likely to be like Finland, Scandinavia or Russia. Also in the German-speaking countries, there are plenty of facilities for washing up after using the sauna, with a 'dipping pool' (a very cool pool of water where someone dips in after using the sauna) or shower. In some saunas and steam rooms, scented salts are supplied that can be rubbed onto the skin for additional scents and cleaning effects.
Hungarian
Hungarians see the sauna as part of a wider spa culture. Gender mixes use a shared sauna and wear swimsuits. Sauna with one sex is rare, as well as tolerate nudity. Some Hungarian saunas have what is called a "snow room" that looks like a small cage with snow and ice, where visitors can cool off for a few minutes after each sauna session.
Norway and Sweden
In Norway and Sweden saunas are found in many places, and are known as 'badstu' or 'bastu' (from the 'badstuga' bath cabin, bathhouse). In Sweden, a common sauna in almost all public swimming pools and fitness centers. Common saunas are generally single-sex and may or may not permit the use of bathing suits. Rules for swimsuits and towels to sit or cover yourself differ between saunas. Removing body hair in a sauna, staring at someone else's nakedness or spreading odors is considered rude.
Russian, Baltic and Eastern Europe
In Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russian sauna will play a central social role. These countries also have a tradition of massaging fellow sauna visitors with bunchy and wet birch bunches: vasta or i
In Russophone countries the word banya (Russian: ????) is widely used also when referring to public baths. In Russia, public saunas are very single sex, while in Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia both occur. During the winter, Finland often runs outdoors to swim ice or, without a lake, just to roll around in the naked snow and then back inside. It is popular in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia as well. The Finnish sauna is traditionally the same as the Russian banya despite the popular misconception that Finnish sauna is very dry.
In the former Soviet Union there are three different types of saunas. The first, which had been very popular especially during the Soviet Era, was a public sauna or banya, (also known as Russian banya), as it was called among the locals, similar in context to public bath houses in Russia and in all former Soviet countries. The banya is a great setting with lots of different rooms. There is at least one sauna (a Finnish style), one cold water pool, a relaxation area, another sauna where fellow sauna spectators beat other fellow sauna audiences with leafy birch, shower area, small cafeteria with TV and drinks, and large public areas leading to other areas. In this vast area, there is a marble-like structure where people lie down and receive massage by other sauna members or by designated masseuse. In the rest area, there are also structures like other beds made of marble or stones attached to the ground where people lay to rest between different sauna rounds or at the end of the banya session. There is also a large public locker area where someone keeps a person's clothes as well as two other private locker areas with individual doors that can lock two separate locker rooms.
The second type of sauna is a Finnish sauna type that can be found in any gym in the world or hotel. Can be in locker room or mix (men and women together). Attitudes toward nudity are very liberal and people are less aware of their naked bodies.
The third type sauna is a sauna rented by a group of friends. This is similar to a public bath house type, except that it is usually more modern and luxurious, and is often hired by groups of friends by the hour for partying and socializing use. Here can be either single or mixed sex.
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia the saunas have a long tradition and are often found as part of recreational facilities, as well as public swimming pools. Many people are ordinary audiences, while many never go. Saunas became more popular after around 2000, when large aquaparks and health centers included them. Nudity is getting tolerated, many places forbid the use of swimsuits, but most people cover themselves with towels. Rain is usually semi-private. Having only men and women is the norm in the past, but nowadays, special male facilities are rare, while women's special hours are sometimes provided.
North America and Central America
In the United States, the earliest saunas are Swedish bastu in the New Sweden colony around the Delaware River. The Swedish governor at the time had a bath at Tinicum Island. Currently the sauna culture enjoys its greatest popularity in the Superior Lake Region, particularly the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, especially the Keweenaw Peninsula, and parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, which are home to large populations of Sweden and especially Finns. Duluth, Minnesota, at its peak, has as many as 14 public saunas. Indeed, among the Finnish farms in the Great Lakes "sauna country", cultural geographer Matti Kaups, found that 90% have sauna structures-even more than farms in Finland. Elsewhere, sauna facilities are usually provided at health clubs and hotels, but there is no tradition or ritual for them to use. To avoid liability, many saunas operate only at moderate temperatures and do not allow pouring water into the rocks. A wider choice of sauna etiquette is usually acceptable in the United States compared to other countries, with the exception that most sex mixed saunas usually require some clothing such as swimsuits to wear. This is rare, as most saunas are small private rooms or in the health club or fitness club's changing rooms. There are some limitations and their use is mediocre; baths can enter and exit from the sauna as they please, be it naked, with a towel, soaking wet with swimsuits or even in sportswear (the latter is very unusual). Like many aspects of US culture, there are certain conventions that are determined and the assembly must remain cunning to "read" a particular family or community's expectations. In addition to Finnish-speaking Americans, older Korean-American generation still uses the sauna as it is available to them. Sauna societies began appearing in colleges across America, with the first being set up at Gustavus Adolphus College.
The Sweat lodge, used by many Native Americans as part of a spiritual ceremony, is an important example of the original sweat tradition. Unlike the tradition of saunas, and the most powerful in the Inipi case, sweat resting ceremonies have been strongly maintained as exclusively exclusive expressions of spirituality rather than recreational activities.
Old traditions and beliefs
A Finnish word lÃÆ'¶yly ['lÃÆ'¸yly] is strictly connected to the sauna. This can be translated as "steam sauna" and refers to steam vapor created by splashing water on heated rocks. In many languages ​​related to Finnish, there is a word corresponding to lÃÆ'¶yly . The same estimates are used throughout Finnic like in Estonia leil . Originally this word means "spirit" or "life", as in e. G. Hungary lÃÆ' Â © lek and Khanty lil , both of which mean "soul", referring to the ancient spiritual essence of the sauna. The same dual meaning of both "spirit" and "(sauna) steam" is also preserved in the Latvian word gars . There is an old Finnish proverb, "saunassa ollaan kuin kirkossa," Ã, - people should behave in saunas like in church.
Saunatonttu , which is literally translated as "elf saunas", is a bit of a gnome spirit or tutel that is believed to live in a sauna. He was always treated with respect, otherwise he might cause a lot of trouble for people. It has been a habit to heat the sauna only for occasionally, or to leave some food outside for her. It is said that he warns people if fire threatens the sauna, or punish those who behave inappropriately in it - such as sleeping, or playing games, argues, generally noisy or otherwise behaving "immoral" there. Such creatures are believed to exist in different cultures. The Russian banya have a character entirely called bannik .
In Thailand, women spend hours in emergency sauna tents for a month after giving birth. Steam is usually infused with several herbs. It is believed that the sauna helps the body of the new mother return to her normal state more quickly.
The usual communal perspiration in Ireland until the 19th century. The structure is a low stone mound with a small entrance. After the hut is heated, participants enter and the door is tightly sealed from the outside with stone slabs, usually for five hours before the participants are released.
Health effects
In some countries, the nearest and most convenient access to the sauna is in the gym. Several swimming pools, large sports and resort complexes also contain a sauna. Therapeutic saunas sessions are often performed in conjunction with physiotherapy or hydrotherapy, gentle exercises that do not aggravate symptoms.
The use of a sauna can relieve regular flu symptoms for a while. This increases the threshold of heat tolerance and can improve performance in endurance sports. Sauna can help rheumatic pain (with cold shower) but not neuropathic pain, and also show benefits for loss of appetite and mild depression. It has also been recommended to reduce symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, and rheumatoid arthritis, and for anorexia nervosa, and has been proposed for the treatment of other conditions including glaucoma, Sjogren syndrome, and obstructive lung disease, and for healing after childbirth.
One study found a sauna bath can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. Many sauna therapeutic trials use a regular schedule of at least 5 days a week and often daily for one to three months, then several times a week for a long time.
Sauna may be unsafe in cases of unstable angina pectoris, recent heart attacks, and severe aortic stenosis. In addition, there is a risk of prostrate heat or more serious hyperthermia. Children and the elderly who have heart disease or seizure disorders or those who use alcohol or cocaine are particularly vulnerable. The use of a sauna has been associated with male fertility loss, which lasts up to two months. There is evidence that heat has a dramatic effect on spermatogenesis.
Prolonged stay in the sauna can cause loss of electrolytes from the body, because after a strong sport. The risk of dehydration leading to heat stroke can be reduced by taking ordinary water or an isotonic drink, but not alcohol, during the sauna. Sauna baths and drinking alcoholic beverages, as well as sauna baths during the alcohol withdrawal phase can undoubtedly create real health risks. Basically all death cases are associated with saunas in Finland, victims suffering from diabetes, heart conditions or other serious chronic diseases. Over 50% are men over 50, and 30% over 70. Most are also drunk.
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