Many dangers from the game pour ice water on the head

Vietnamese youth are excited about the 'rushing ice on the top ' game from the US. The doctor warns that this can cause cerebral vasospasm when done in hot weather.

Many videos of " Ice Bucket Challenge " (Ice Bucket Challenge) are posted on world forums that attract the attention of millions of netizens. Admin of a technology forum in Ho Chi Minh City is a pioneer in Vietnam. He posted a video of himself in a bucket of ice, and challenged the other four to follow.

The administrator explains the rules of the game: First, the challenger will pour a bucket of ice on him from the head down to the feet and then film again and challenge others to do the same. Within 24 hours, if the challenged person does not dare to follow, they must do something meaningful, such as donating money to a charity.

Challenging game rushing ice on the head attracts millions of people around the world to join.(Photo: News)

The administrator said that the goal of the game is to connect friends and call on the community to support the poor charity fund."Two of the 4 people I challenged have followed. The movement is also responded by other technology lovers. The charity group will use the proceeds to organize the Mid-Autumn Festival fun programs for children." .

Under the rules, challenged people will dump ice buckets at the head and continue to challenge others. So this trend is increasingly replicated. On personal page, nick name Hieu Trung also made a similar clip when pouring a bucket of water with ice cubes on his head. He said the interesting point of this game is to challenge the feeling of freezing cold from head to toe, which is a difficult challenge not everyone can do.

'Ice Bucket Challenge' is simply a challenge 'Let's kick the ice bucket on the head' , initiated by Pete Frates, a former captain of Boston University baseball team. This player suffers from ALS, a degenerative disease of the brain and spinal nerve cells, which causes muscle to shrink, reduce motor function, leading to loss of control and death. This disease has no cure. To win himself, Pete thought of throwing buckets of ice on his head and using this game for charity purposes.

Thanks to Pete Frates, organize ALS to spread the "Ice Bucket Challenge" with the purpose of promoting and advocating for research on ALS. The game has spread fast in America. Many celebrities like Justin Timberlake, Mark Zuckerberg (CEO Facebook), Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO), Tim Cook (CEO Apple) also made and called on others to follow suit.

Entering Vietnam and enjoying a warm response, the purpose of the game is no longer the same as mobilizing donations for ALS patients, most of which are entertainment or fundraising for children. and the poor.

Vietnamese technology people excitedly responded to this challenging game.

According to education master Pham Phuc Thinh, this game becomes interesting because it requires the person to perform bravely to cope with the sudden cold. The more famous the characters are, the more challenging they are to get others to care and accept the challenge.

Mr. Thinh said that, in terms of meaning, this is not a useless pastime but a movement to raise money with the desire to create interest and join hands of people to fight ALS. However, Mr. Thinh noted, when participating in any movement, young people also need to have careful consideration, most importantly their actions are for what purpose. Do not let yourself be enthralled in the style of 'seeing people eat potatoes and carry peaches' by psychological crowd, sometimes will have to receive the unfortunate consequences such as the case of a girl being hit by ice falling on the head when playing this game.

"If you are not careful, from an original meaningful movement will accidentally turn into a meaningless trend, just take a selfie. So there will not be any effect like the movement of nude for nature, nude to protect animals that some of the characters in the showbiz have done in the past , " he said.

On the other hand, players also need to pay attention to health safety factors when playing games. Master Le Thanh Phong, Head of the Vascular Unit, Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy recommends that, when rushing ice, many young people only aim to conquer challenges and entertainment without knowing that this behavior is at risk of abrupt hypothermia, causing cerebrovascular spasms, even affecting lives.

According to literature, body temperature is regulated by the hypothalamus in the brain. Normally, the nervous system will "report" to this organ in a hot and cold state of the body. Accordingly, the organs will stimulate an appropriate increase or decrease in temperature response. For example, when the temperature is low, the blood is affected and when passing through the hippocampus after the brain, the sympathetic centers there are stimulated to cause peripheral blood vessels to contract, causing a heat-generating reaction, which increases hypothermia. Conversely, when the temperature is too high, the blood will get hot and sympathetic centers are stimulated to cause the blood vessels to expand and stimulate a lot of sweat to help reduce body temperature.

On average, the temperature of the human body is 36-37 degrees Celsius. Increased body temperature is due to eating, movement, weather, women coming to their periods, pregnancy . Conversely when it's cold or wearing pants Wet shirt, shocked, the body temperature dropped. This increase or decrease is only temporary, short term and does not affect the organs in the body much.

In case the outdoor temperature is high, if the game is filled with a bucket of water to the head with too low a temperature, a large temperature difference will cause the body temperature to suddenly drop, sweat will not be able to emit, possibly Damage to the nerve center causing fatigue, headache, dizziness, even difficulty breathing, coma. In addition, when the body temperature is high, the pores are expanding and it is immediately cold, which leads to shock. If the temperature drops too low, the blood vessels suddenly shrink, leading to cerebral anemia, causing a stroke.

For young children, the body is easier to absorb heat than adults. The function of regulating temperature is not stable, so if you do this game, it is easy to cause your child to hypothermia suddenly, leading to headaches, dizziness or dizziness, heart palpitations, fainting. This risk is similar in the elderly and weak.

Therefore, the doctor recommends that the game rush the water to the "anti-contraindicated" head with children, the elderly, the sick, those with a history of cardiovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease and vascular abnormalities. blood. Healthy people should not perform at high temperatures, if being outdoors, stop in cooler areas for a few minutes to avoid heat shock. Even healthy people should not perform this game for a long time or repeatedly.