Guide to preventing and Treating Heat Exhaustion

Areas that saw an increase in weight of the temperature during the summer is a hotbed of diseases associated with extreme heat. People who reside in these areas who are familiar with this fact. One of the diseases that are caused due to the hot weather is extreme heat exhaustion. It is similar to heat cramps and heat stroke. This can occur when working or exercising in a hot environment and when the body fails to cool themselves adequately through sweat. The inability of the body to normalize the temperature results in an increase in internal temperature is definitely somebody.

Increase in body temperature induces symptoms such as excess sweating, loss of strength, headaches and muscle cramps. Patients may also have nausea and vomiting may be. During this illness, sweat glands most work resulted in someone he's sweating profusely. That is why the heat fatigue often associated with dehydration.

Heat exhaustion is very important because it can lead to heat stroke. If an increase in body temperature reaches extreme levels of control systems, the collapse will be the heat suffered a stroke.

The symptoms of heat stroke are a little more acute than they are in heat exhaustion. People will experience lethargy, disorientation and seizures. People no longer sweating while their core temperatures over 106 degrees Fahrenheit.

The treatment of this disease starts with identifying the symptoms. If the sufferer is outdoors in the sunshine or working in an environment of strict summer, symptoms must be treated immediately. The treatment begins by stopping the job and shift them to the cold environment. However, care must be taken that the environment changed not too cold for comfort patients or they may suffer from shock.

Next steps for treating this disease is dehydration. To ensure adequate hydration and lower internal temperature, sufferers given cool water or a sports drink. In fact, the treatment can be provided at home, medical care should be sought if necessary. Because of heat exhaustion usually involves vomiting and nausea, giving intravenous fluids may be important. If measures such as hydration and stretching fails to provide relief from muscle cramps, medical attention is required. In this case, the patient starts showing symptoms of heat stroke, also emergency medical care should be sought immediately.

To avoid heat exhaustion, exhausting activity should not be done in an environment that is extremely hot or humid. If the activity is unavoidable and the surrounding cold not available, people have to work on the speed of the slower resting repeatedly in cold environments and drinking cold fluids to taste. If a person's urine is thick, dark-hued, very fragrant, or otherwise pee at all, it is possible that dehydration has been established in therefore, plenty of fluids should be consumed to prevent more heat-related illness and the possible effects of dehydration.

I have been in the health and fitness industry for over eight years. I started my career as a dance teacher and then moved to personal training, group exercise, and as soon as the Director. I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Sports Management and I am certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.