Woman never wearing short sleeves to avoid the sun, fractured while tossing and turning in her sleep
May 22, 2025
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According to Hong Kong media South China Morning Post and Chinese media Haibao News, Long Shuang, an emergency room doctor at Sindhu Oriental Medicine Hospital in China, shared this fact on social media on the 14th.
A, a 48-year-old woman living in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, has avoided exposure to the sun since she was a child. I rarely wear short sleeves outdoors, and I always wear sunscreen.
While sleeping recently, she turned around in bed and suffered a fracture.
The post-hospitalization examination revealed that her vitamin D level was very low. As a result, there were also severe osteoporosis symptoms.
Sunlight is essential for bone health and plays an important role in the body's synthesis of vitamin D, which helps calcium absorption. Avoiding sunlight for a long time can cause various health problems, such as weakening bones and reducing immunity.
Recently, the trend of wearing a wide-brimmed hat, sunscreen gloves, face masks, and sunscreen hoodies among Chinese women has attracted attention. But experts are expressing concern about the potential health risks associated with excessive sunlight avoidance.
Jiang Xiaoping, director of spinal orthopedics at Guangzhou Medical University's Second Affiliated Hospital, said "It is now common to see people fully cover from head to toe for UV protection. However, this has more disadvantages than advantages in health. "All bones in our body regenerate every 10 years, but from the age of 30, bone mass begins to decrease at a rate of 0.5 to 1% every year. Lack of calcium intake, lack of sunlight exposure, and vitamin D deficiency can all adversely affect bone health. Living a sedentary life, smoking, and excessive drinking also harm bone health.
You should then take proper calcium, exercise regularly, and limit smoking and drinking. Menopausal women in particular should be extra careful," he stressed.
Netizens are saying, `I can't believe it. You broke a bone just by tossing and turning in bed?", "This is too extreme. Could she have been on a sharp diet in addition to avoiding the sun?", "Sadly, this reflects that women have been tamed to prioritize white skin over health" give an opinion such as.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
