The neurologist warned about the risk of loss of consciousness when working in the garden and vegetable garden

With the beginning of the summer season, the risk of losing consciousness while working in the garden increases. The main causes contributing to this include overheating of the body and dehydration. Pavel Khoroshev, a neurologist, told Izvestia about this.

According to him, during gardening and gardening, the body loses fluids and nutrients faster than it gets them back, which leads to a deterioration in blood supply. As a result, the brain starts to work worse. As the neurologist noted, at this time a person loses a lot of water, and with it electrolytes, in particular potassium and magnesium, necessary for the preservation of the nervous system and muscle maintenance.

"These losses are huge with sweat. Due to the fact that they leave, a rhythm disturbance or cardiac arrest may begin. If we have a large uncompensated loss of electrolytes in the garden, a person's heart may stop or develop an arrhythmia. Either the heart will die, or the brain will die due to blood clots. More precisely, either the heart stops because there is not enough potassium or magnesium, or the heart's rhythm is disrupted, blood clots form, and an ischemic stroke occurs," the doctor said.

Khoroshev added that if the loss of water is not replenished, the viscosity of the blood deteriorates sharply, which affects the functioning of the heart.

"It will be more difficult for the heart to pump blood through the tissues. <...> Tissues will not be protected by gases, electrolytes and nutrients. Minor strokes will develop, including in the brain. And in the heart. That's why we need water. To ensure a good low blood viscosity," the neurologist added.

Another reason for loss of consciousness may be hyperthermia, a condition in which the body temperature rises above normal, usually above 38 degrees, due to an overload of the body's cooling system. Khoroshev stressed that a person who spends a lot of time in the active sun needs to pay special attention to protecting his body.

"The brain stops working when it overheats. Because cooling the brain is the most important factor. Moreover, some people do not properly protect themselves from overheating by working in the garden, wrapping their necks, protecting them from the sun," he said.

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The doctor explained that the neck is one of the key areas of the body's heat exchange. There are large blood vessels that supply the brain. In the case of hyperthermia, it is through these areas that the body partially releases heat.

"Therefore, you also need to defend yourself in a special way, with a hat, and not with a neckerchief. The neck must be protected from the sun. This is not only a "cosmetic protection", it is a cooling of the neck," Khoroshev pointed out.

Earlier, Irina Krashkina, a psychotherapist at JSC "Medicine" (Academician Roitberg Clinic), Candidate of Medical Sciences, told Izvestia that working on the land can have a positive effect on a person's psychoemotional state, but it is not an independent method of treating mental disorders.