watch out for heatstroke

Symptoms of heat stroke are feeling unwell, headache, profuse sweating. You can also have nausea, even vomiting, cramps and a racing heart. It is therefore not necessary to wait for these signs to drink water and get cool. When it’s too hot, “the body has only one way to evacuate internal heat: perspiration (…) But that [transpirer] not enough to lower the internal temperature. It is still necessary that the sweat evaporates so that the internal heat is evacuated”explains doctor Damien Mascret on the set of 13 Heures, Monday July 18. To produce sweat, you have to drink more and before you feel thirsty and for the sweat to evaporate, you have to stir the air, for example with a fan or a simple fan.

Certain organs and therefore certain patients are more sensitive than others to heat waves. “This is the case of the brain, the heart, the kidneys. If you have treatments that act on these organs, it may be useful to check with your doctor or pharmacist if dose modifications are necessary. Obviously, you will not Don’t do it alone. If you’re not exposed to heat, you should be fine, but if you’re hot, beware, some medications disrupt proper hydration or sweating mechanisms.”reminds the doctor Mascret.

– Public Health France