Behind the myriad benefits of sunlight for health, it turns out that this dazzling glow of the eye can also give you a bad effect for your body.
The morning sunlight is good for your skin. However, it is different from daytime sunburn. Maybe you think that sunburn will only make your skin darken.
Danger of sunlight for the health of the body
1. Potential sunburn
Reported from The Skin Cancer Foundation, according to Darrell Rigel, professor of clinical dermatology at New York University's Langone Medical Center, one American dies every hour due to skin cancer.
2. Flushed skin
Jason Reichenberg, MD, as lecturer at the University of Texas-Austin's Dell Medical School, explained that spending too long in the sun without protective clothing or sunscreen could cause redness in some areas of the skin, may even occur permanently or are hard to heal.
The reason, as the age grows old then without realizing the sunlight can dilate the skin while loosen the structure of the skin that is around your blood vessels. Gradually, the blood vessels will widen to cause reddish brown area in some parts of the body.
This process can also cause collagen in the skin to be dispersed which makes the blood vessels appear tangible on the surface of the skin.
3. Exposure to sunlight can also damage the retinal eye
Do not have a sunglasses function. Not only for making the style, sunglasses also reduce the risk of exposure to the sun to the eye. According to a study from the New England College of Optometry 2009, children who are more often out of the house tend to be exposed to myopia or near-sightedness. For that, you can use glasses with 99-100% UV protection.
4. Flickering or too bright sunlight can cause headaches
Reported from Health.com, for one who has a history of migraines, the flickering sunlight from the sunlight that breaks through the trees can trigger headaches. Sunlight headaches can also be caused by fatigue and dehydration.
5. Aging skin
It is undeniable that the UV rays can cause aging skin faster. This is because sunlight can penetrate directly into the middle layer of the skin (dermis) which causes elastin cells in the skin to accumulate abnormally.
When the number of elastin cells has been quite a lot, then a type of enzyme will break down the collagen as well as skin elastin, which then arises changes in the skin structure. Exposure to sunlight will further accelerate the aging process that leads to wrinkles, spots, and other skin damage.
6. Lowering the immune system
The body is equipped with an immune system in charge of combating the coming of various infections and abnormal cell growth. The defence of this immune system involves the work of white blood cells or lymphocytes (T cells) and the cells of the Erhans.
Well, sun-exposed skin will too often trigger the release of active chemicals that will interfere with the body's immune system work. Consequently, the immune ability to prevent the entry of infections is weakened.