Can You Really Cook Your Brain?

The Harmful Results from Hot Tub Water that is too Hot

The question “can you really cook your brain?” is a difficult question to answer because it depends on each specific situation. If you're speaking literally, then the answer is no. It is impossible to completely cook your brain, just from using a hot tub, but there are a few minor exceptions.

Children's bodies are more sensitive to extreme temperatures than adults, and therefore have a different reaction when exposed to high temperatures. Small children should not be in a hot tub to begin with, but if they are for some reason, they are at risk of damaging their brain and other parts of their body. When a child's head is immersed underwater, the heat that is absorbed can greatly damage the brain. Because children are already susceptible to risk in a hot tub, it will not take long for injury to occur. A good rule of thumb is to keep small children out of a hot tub altogether. Older children can use a hot tub but only for short periods of time -10 minutes maximum - and should never completely immerse their head underwater.

The other exception is related to pregnant women. During pregnancy, women are advised to stay out of hot tubs because of the effects of hot water on the fetus. If a pregnant woman immerses herself in water as hot as what is usually found in a hot tub, she puts her baby at risk of severe brain damage. The hot water will cause the woman's body temperature to rise and the stomach (since it's underwater) will literally become like an oven to the baby. When it comes to pregnancy, it's best to avoid hot tubs and spas at all costs.

So back to the question “can you really cook your brain?” It all depends on what you consider cooking the brain. Burning the brain and severely damaging it is very possible, especially for unborn babies and small children. It would be difficult for an adult to cook their brain in a hot tub unless they purposely raised the temperatures to an extremely high degree and then intentionally immersed their head underneath the water for a long period of time. Can you damage your brain? Yes.

Use caution and common sense when operating a hot tub. In order to decrease the likeliness of brain damage associated with hot tubs, a;lways use a hot tub thermometer to make sure the temperature of the water does not exceed the optimum level recommended by doctors.

By www.hottubsandhomespas.com