How Heats Affects Your Health!! What Heat Can Do With Your Body? Is it Good or bad!!

The world is becoming a warmer place. Temperatures have increased by about 0.14°F since 1880, but the rate has more than doubled since 1981. In addition, climate change means that extreme heat events have become more common, and natural disasters such as hurricanes often leave people suffocating without energy or air conditioning.

Extreme temperatures affect the human body. You are not alone if you have suffered adverse effects. See how heat affects your health.

1. It affects your productivity

You can joke about office thermostat wars. However, temperature affects overall workplace efficiency. Recent research published in the Journal PLoS ONE shows that men do best in temperatures below 70°F and women do best between 70° and 80°. This gender disparity may not surprise you if you're the type who wears a sweater all the time.

So the best compromise in the workplace is to keep your dial set to the low 70s. But what if you don't feel a cool breeze when you adjust the temperature? You may have a frozen ride on your hands. Although you can defrost it by setting the thermostat to only run the fan to circulate the air and defrost it faster, you need to call the repair center. You may have deeper issues, such as collapsed air ducts or a damaged fan, to address before the next heat wave.

2. Threaten heat-related diseases

Without a doubt, the most serious impact of heat on your health is due to heat-related illnesses. These come in three varieties:

1. Heat exhaustion – Think of this ailment as your car's temperature sensor. If you have any symptoms, take immediate steps to prevent your condition from getting worse. You will experience headaches, nausea, weakness, fatigue, pale, clammy skin and fever. Please move to a shaded, cool location, remove excess clothing, and drink cool (not ice) sports drinks to replace fluids and electrolytes.

2.  Heat cramps – These are painful cramps, usually in the legs. They can occur with heat exhaustion. The treatment is the same, although you also need to gently stretch tight areas.

3.  Heat stroke – This is the most serious heat related illness. You stop sweating and develop hot, dry skin. You may have seizures or loss of consciousness. This condition requires immediate medical attention and can be fatal.

3. It Reduce air quality

There is bad news for climate change – air quality decreases when temperatures rise. High temperatures increase the concentrations of ozone and particulates.

Breathing contaminated air can cause devastating damage to human health. The risk of death increases by 6% on days of high heat and 5% on days of high pollution. However, the chances increase to 21% when you combine the two conditions. Pay attention to the air quality warnings in your local forecast and plan your outdoor activities accordingly.

4. Worsening symptoms of chronic disease

Finally, high temperature extremes affect pregnant women. Maternal exposure to hot flashes during pregnancy increases the risks of high blood pressure, preeclampsia, uterine bleeding and cervical problems leading to preterm delivery.

In addition, fetuses exposed to heat waves have a higher incidence of fetal distress and respiratory distress at birth. Premature births are also on the rise, and babies born prematurely often develop developmental delays that hinder their ability to thrive.

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5. How heat affects your health

The world is becoming a warmer place. What does this mean for human health? Consider the above ways heat affects your health and start taking proactive steps now to prepare for the next wave.