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> Aren’t patients with cardiac problems generally discouraged from using sauna? If so, I've never heard about it. In Finland, sauna is usually promoted as some
by 2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
> Aren’t patients with cardiac problems generally discouraged from using sauna?
If so, I've never heard about it. In Finland, sauna is usually promoted as something that improves cardiovascular health. Associated activities like rolling in the snow or winter bathing is a completely different matter, but it's perfectly possible to enjoy sauna without those.
I'm not a health professional, though, so check with your doctor first if you have heart problems.
- JimBlackwood 4y agoThis was also my experience in Finland. There were warning signs in some rented sauna’s for jumping into the snow or water after a sauna for people suffering from cardiac problems. No note about sauna use in general.
- enra 4y agoIn US they basically discourage or warn people not to use sauna if they have any kind of condition, including being pregnant or have been consuming alcohol. In Finland most pregnant women have always gone to sauna and they haven’t observed any kind of birth defects any more than elsewhere. Common sense applies and usually expected from adults in Finland. If you start to feel light headed or otherwise bad, you should leave the sauna and drink water or cool off.
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- alliao 4y agook please describe in detail or advise where I can get the full ritual of sauna in Finland, that sounds like blast.