'Any type of extreme heat that is going to occur might catch people off guard,' one medical expert told Newsweek.
Seniors and children are especially vulnerable to such conditions.
Heat exhaustion is where the body goes beyond dehydration, he said, and includes profuse sweating, headaches, elevated temperatures and heart rates—which can lead to nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, body weakness and dizziness. via phone that heart spikes and feelings of nausea unaccompanied by vomiting should be acknowledged and lead to 10-15 minutes of rest to assess the situation."But we would like that there would be preventative measures taken beforehand to prevent people from getting to that point," Smith said."We want people to recognize when it is too hard to be spending large amounts of time outside whenever we are having these heat waves.
"The brain can take a lot of injury from the heat so proteins don't work properly, proteins may start to break down, causing some of the problems," Riviello said."Dehydration leads to low blood pressure and less blood flow to the brain. The brain is very sensitive to blood flow and oxygen flow."
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