fudgie
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It's a little warm at the moment and the weather forecast says it's going to continue. The very old and the very young are at risk from heat exhaustion at the moment.
I was talking to a young mum in the chemist today who had a little one who was clearly suffering from the heat. My advice was to run a luke warm bath and let the little one play for a little while, just to get the body temp down.
You would think a cold pool would do the trick but that doesn't work as well as you might think. As the body just heats straight back up again, even hotter in some cases. I know a lot of websites recommend cool showers or baths but my little one suffered from heatstroke in OZ she used to go red all over and it wasn't sun burn as we kept her out of the sun.
I think you guy's here, are more at risk as your not really used to this kind of weather.
Heat stress - preventing heat-related illness : Environmental Health - Victorian Government HealthInformation, Australia
Sorry would have put a UK link up, but they don't seem to be as helpful as the OZ one I found.
I was talking to a young mum in the chemist today who had a little one who was clearly suffering from the heat. My advice was to run a luke warm bath and let the little one play for a little while, just to get the body temp down.
You would think a cold pool would do the trick but that doesn't work as well as you might think. As the body just heats straight back up again, even hotter in some cases. I know a lot of websites recommend cool showers or baths but my little one suffered from heatstroke in OZ she used to go red all over and it wasn't sun burn as we kept her out of the sun.
I think you guy's here, are more at risk as your not really used to this kind of weather.
Heat stress - preventing heat-related illness : Environmental Health - Victorian Government HealthInformation, Australia
Sorry would have put a UK link up, but they don't seem to be as helpful as the OZ one I found.