Heat Exhaustion

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Heat Exhaustion</b><br> <b>by </b> <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000431370338" href="https://www.facebook.com/MuhammadfkQadri" id="js_4" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Faraz Khan</a>  <br> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><br> </span><br> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">What a beautiful time of the year! Summer is here, family vacations are abound, and hours of fun are spent outdoors. Yet, summertime has such a great capacity to impact our health, too. Heat exhaustion is a common condition that can easily happen for residents of Austin. As temperatures spike and humidity thickens, it’s important you take heed to the important warning signs of heat exhaustion.</span><br>                                                              <img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/430985_375530412471335_100000431370338_1302763_1021244297_n.jpg"><br> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">First of all, here are some of the common symptoms for heat exhaustion:</span><br> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><br> Heavy sweating<br> Paleness<br> Muscle Cramps<br> Tiredness<br> Weakness<br> Dizziness<br> Headaches<br> Nausea and/or Vomiting<br> Fainting<br> <br> A person experiencing heat exhaustion may have cool and moist skin; a fast, yet weak pulse rate; and their breathing may be quick, yet shallow. The elderly, people with high blood pressure, and people who work outside are at a greater susceptibility for heat exhaustion.<br> <br> What can you do to prevent heat exhaustion this summer? First of all, stay hydrated! Try your best to drink half your weight in ounces of water per day. In other words, if you weigh 200 pounds, you should be drinking 100 ounces of water, or 12.5 cups (8 fluid ounces equals one cup) each day. That may seem like a lot, but it may surprise you how fast your body loses water while in the heat.<br> </span><br> </div>

Heat Exhaustion

Heat Exhaustion by    Faraz Khan   What a beautiful time of the year! Summer is here, family vacations are abound, and hours of fun are ...

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