Actor and singer Miho Nakayama (54) was found in the bathtub of her home and was confirmed dead. Tomomi Tsutsui, a doctor, said, “The number of deaths in bathrooms each year is more than double that of traffic accidents.It’s not just heat shock that you need to be careful about, but there is also the risk of drowning when taking a bath after drinking. It is indeed said that “Saikatsu” has a large heart risk.”
Actress Miho Nakayama attended the press conference for the movie ”Sayonaraitsuka” held at Mandarin Oriental Tokyo on October 27, 2009 in Tokyo.
A sudden death at the end of the year
As the end of the year approaches, it’s the season for New Year’s greeting cards. Many of them report the passing away of parents in their 80s and 90s, but some of them are of the working generation in their 40s and 50s, which is heartbreaking. The news of his death came at the end of the year.
On December 6th,it was announced that actor and singer Miho Nakayama (54) passed away. On the same day, he was found in the bathtub of his home in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, and was pronounced dead at the scene. At the time, the entrance to his home was locked, and Nakayama had no obvious injuries.
it seems that he was scheduled to hold a concert in Osaka on the same night, and he has been actively engaged in activities such as a “40th anniversary tour” scheduled for 2025, and there were no reports of him being unwell, so it was a sudden surprise. The news of his death shocked all of Japan.
He seemed to have been sending emails without difficulty until 2:30 a.m. on the 6th, and even celebrities with whom he had close friendships posted condolence comments such as, “I can’t take it all in, I can’t put it into words,” and “I can’t accept the fact.” was. On the 8th, based on the results of the autopsy, Nakayama’s agency announced, “It has been confirmed that there was no foul play, and the cause of death was persistent to be an unexpected accident that occurred while taking a bath.”
What is “heat shock” that is attracting attention?
With the news of Nakayama’s death,the word “heat shock” suddenly became searched. Heat shock is the phenomenon in which blood pressure rises and falls due to changes in temperature, leading to heart and cerebrovascular diseases. Even though it is indeed not an official disease name, it is widely used in emergency departments.
Especially in the winter, when blood pressure fluctuates wildly in environments with a temperature difference of 10 degrees Celsius or more, such as “a heated living room → a cold dressing room → a hot bathtub”, it is said that there is a high risk of inducing myocardial infarction. There is.
However, it is challenging to imagine that there was an extreme temperature difference inside Nakayama’s ultra-luxury condominium in Shibuya Ward, where he lived.
