Since February, we have been suffering from the effects of the high heat in Mali. With a temperature that often goes above 40°s, the strong heat that coincides with Ramadan, is already starting to worry. Vulnerable people like the elderly and children do not say otherwise. Because hello discomfort in these diapers. To be safe from climate change and its corollaries, simple and useful measures must be adopted.
In Mali, the high heat is already in full swing. And the signs give the impression of a very worrying heat wave with health risks. It appears from the doctors’ analysis that the heat is not to be minimized because it weakens the health. According to information, the strong heat wave may cause irritability, dizziness, headache, high body temperature, rapid sweating etc. However, the most vulnerable are children, the elderly, pregnant women and people with medical problems, particularly obesity.
What do you need to protect yourself?
According to the specialists, it is important in this period of high heat to adapt certain measures which are both simple and useful. In addition to regularly drinking plenty of water, it is advisable to avoid alcoholic beverages. At these measurements, it is necessary to wear cotton clothes, loose and light, to wet your body, to ventilate yourself and to avoid intense physical efforts.
Mothers are recommended to keep children cool. “Exposing yourself too often to the sun following a rise in temperature can manifest itself in headaches, redness, fever, neurological disorders, cramps and nausea”, explains Olivier Guérin, general practitioner.
Other hazards, other consequences!
We very often remember that the heat wave period is marked by the shortage of water, untimely power cuts, things that aggravate the heat. Indeed, these are hazards that further complicate the fulfillment of the fast by the Muslim faithful in this month of Ramadan which promises to be difficult. When we especially know that the high heat leads to dehydration and other discomforts.
Assétou SAMAKE
Source : Mali24
