With temps rising to dangerous levels, your body may experience some signs from excessive heat exposure.
With temperatures rising to dangerous levels, your body may experience signs of illness from excessive heat exposure.According to the, people who undergo heat exhaustion will experience symptoms including dizziness, excessive thirst, heavy sweating, nausea, and headaches. This can potentially lead to heat stroke.
Signs of heat stroke include dizziness and headache. Still, a person will also suffer from confusion, skin being hot to the touch, and becoming unconscious - causing death or permanent disability if not treated immediately.Dr. Javier Guevara of Northwestern Medicine said everyone is at risk, especially children and people over 65.
"Also, people who usually overexert themselves with regular exercise, or their chronically ill – heart disease, diabetics - are at the highest risk for heat stroke or heat-related illnesses," he said."We're definitely keeping our staff alarmed from even the front triage to make sure that people are coming in appropriately triage brought back quickly into cooling temperatures," he said.
Anyone who is experiencing heat exhaustion is advised to get inside a cool or air-conditioned area and to stay hydrated by drinking cold water or non-alcoholic beverages with electrolytes. People who exhibit signs of heat stroke are advised to seek medical help immediately. "Stay hydrated, don't wait to be thirsty, to drink cold water. Stay indoors; today is not the day to be outside and pace yourself," Dr. Guevara said.
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