"Overview of heat related illness" by New England Journal of Medicine Group reviews the different range of acute heat-related illnesses including symptoms and management. Heat stress is a serious matter
Working outdoor, exercising or riding in extreme temperatures not only are challenging but can pose some risks to your health if you are not prepared adequately.
Heat will affect and reduce your concentration, performance and at work your productivity.
The body's normal core temperature at 37-38 degrees Celsius. When being exposed to heat (due to exercise or external heat), the body will need to work harder: increasing the blood flow to the skin's surface, sweat will start. As sweat evaporates, the body cools down. The more one sweats, the more the body requires to work and its energy is directed to the process of cooling down. In other words parts of the body will get less energy to function.
What are the common effects of the body fighting the increasing temperature?
WHEN HEAT BECOMES DANGEROUS
The main health issues are Heat Stress and Heat Strokes. Recognising the serious symptoms in those cases is vital.
When one is exposed for too long to heat, the body will start reacting differently.
Heat Stress symptoms:
· Confusion.
· Dark-colored urine (a sign of dehydration)
· Dizziness.
· Fainting.
· Fatigue.
· Headache.
· Muscle or abdominal cramps.
· Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
Heat stress/exhaustion if not treated can turn into Heat Stroke.
Most common symptoms of Heat Stroke (from Redcross.org.au): Heat stroke is a life-threatening emergency,
· No longer sweating
· Red, hot and dry skin
· a body temperature over 40℃
· a rapid strong pulse
· Rapid noisy breathing
· Irrational or aggressive behaviour
· Deterioration of the conscious state
In Heat Stroke case, call 000 immediately for an ambulance.
For Heat Stroke info: click here.
How to prevent Heat Stress? PREPARATION IS KEY.
Keep hydrated and prepare yourself: INUTEQ'S Personal Cooling range has been developed for people at work, athletes and sportsman & woman exercising. Our vests are light-weighted, made to cool the Core of the body efficiently and comfortably. It enables better performance, concentration and allow a quicker recovery.
Working outdoor in heat can pose some serious health issues if not prepared. Managing extreme heat is important, make sure you recognise symptoms and are prepared. Read the advice from SafeWork NSW.
When it's cold outside, you'll put on a coat, when it's raining, you'l use a raincoat. So what to do when it's really warm? Yes taking off layers is the first idea which comes in mind, but only few people use wearables to protect themselves from heat.
Wearing personal cooling clothing will definitely help fighting heat stress, but the main benefit of this adapted clothing is to allow the user to continue an activity in a warm environment. Being able to carry on performing tasks, to concentrate for longer periods of time remain the difference with someone not wearing cooling clothing.
When one is exposed to heat, the body needs to recover. By cooling either during activity or post activity will support this recovery process of the body.
High performance athletes use these 2 types of cooling to prepare themselves to competition and for their recovery post activity. From Formula 1 to Olympic sports, the use of personal cooling has become easier with easy wearable like Inuteq's range.
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