Exercising in cold mornings increases the risk of stroke?

My parents are old, have high blood pressure and diabetes. Is it safe to exercise early in the morning in cold weather? Is there a risk of stroke? (Le Phuong, Hanoi)

Reply:

Exercise contributes to health, especially for the elderly, but you should choose the right time and exercise. Your parents often exercise and play sports, but you need to find the right time according to the season and health condition.

Exercising early in the morning during cold weather is dangerous for the elderly. When the weather is cold, the large temperature difference between inside the bedroom and outside can affect the body's response, blood pressure and cardiovascular system. The risk of stroke can occur if exercising early in the cold, especially for people with underlying diseases.

Your parents can exercise indoors, warm, windproof, and well-ventilated. If they still want to exercise outdoors, choose a later time when the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors is not too great. When exercising, your parents need time to adapt. They should not wake up, get out of bed, and leave the house to exercise immediately, but should have a warm-up period to prepare the body to adapt first.

Your parents are old and have underlying diseases, so they should have regular health check-ups and stroke screenings so that the doctor can assess stroke risk factors such as blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, neurological diseases, etc. From there, the doctor can make adjustments, treatments, and interventions to help your grandparents reduce the risk of stroke as well as other diseases.

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Lieu
Director of Neurology - Stroke Center
Tam Anh General Hospital Hanoi

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