How can you recognize Heat Illness?
What are Heat Illness?
HEAT CRAPMS: -> Painful muscle spasm resulting from electrolyte loss due to excessive sweating.
HEAT EXHAUSTION: -> Weakness, lethargy, headache and nausea because cells star drying up.
HEAT SYNCOPE: -> Dizziness or faintness that happens due to less blood supply to the brain. Dehydration reduces blood volume.
HEAT STROKE: -> A medical emergency resulting from the body’s inability to regulate its temperature causing very high temperature but no sweating. Body becomes very hot and important organs like brain, heart and kidneys start failing.
BEWARE OF DEHYDRATION
Huge amount of sweat production after strenuous outdoor work needs a large amount of body fluid from the muscle tissue. Dehydrated muscle tissue means cramps & tiredness, thus reducing your capacity to do work.
Dehydration impairs body’s colling system making you vulnerable to heat emergencies. Dehydration has many long term effects on your vital organs. The heart needs to pump extra hard, the lungs have to work without enough moisture, the kidneys cannot flush effectively and the joints are not lubricated properly.
Beware on the said illness especially if your here in Abu Dhabi or any emirates place ’cause going to the hospital just to cure the said illness will definitely entitles you to pay bucks of AED if you don’t have and insurance card. So, if your working here in UAE make sure that you have your insurance card issued on you by your company. And be sure to avoid any of the heat illnesses.
