Heat stroke: how to avoid it and which are the most vulnerable age groups

Faced with the high temperatures of summer and the hottest days of the year, heat strokes are commonplace. Therefore, in reprofile We give you the best tips to avoid suffering from this health problem.

In this context, we communicated with the cardiologist Javier Marino, who told us what the symptoms of heat stroke are and how we can prevent it.

“We know that heat strokes affect different populations a lot.are vulnerable as children, pregnant women and the elderly, as well as healthy populations”, shot Marino, who later completed: “Spending a large number of hours in the sun can generate an alteration in the body’s thermoregulation”.

“If heat strokes are not controlled, it can cause permanent damage in the heart, brain, liver and other organs”, said the interviewee. “We all remember that there was a very strong heat wave in Spain that generated the death of many older adults”, he indicated.

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“You must not be exposed to the sun between 10 and 16 hours and it is essential to have a healthy diet with little caloric content. This type of food can enhance the state of dehydration”, said the doctor.

To end Javier Marino explained: “The symptoms can be confused since heat stroke generates weakness, confusion, dizziness or seizures”. “The special factor to be able to identify it is the exposure to heat for a long period of time”.

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