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Coping with high temperatures

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO THE HEAT WAVE

Under of high temperatures recorded in much of the country, according to the National Weather Service will be extended throughout the week, the Minister of Health of Argentina, Juan Manzur, warned that "the intense heat can cause health problems if not take proper precautions, "and emphasized that" the elderly, pregnant women and infants are the groups that may potentially be most affected "by the phenomenon.

For this reason, the national health portfolio recommends that people-especially children, pregnant women, people over 65 and those with chronic diseases, respiratory or cardiac hypertension, obesity and diabetes-care measures and special measures, such as:

• Drink plenty of water throughout the day.
• Avoid large meals. Eat fresh foods, like fruits and vegetables.
• Avoid alcoholic beverages, sweet and hot tea.
• Wear loose, thin materials and colors.
• No physical exercise in hot environments. Drink fluids before starting any outdoor activity.
• Sun protection by wearing a hat or using an umbrella.
• Use sunscreen (SPF in English), factor 15 or more.
• Avoid public events or games indoors without ventilation.

In infants and toddlers:
• Give infants breastfeed more often.
• Make it fresh and safe drinking water.
• Transfer to a cool and ventilated.
• Shower or soaking the entire body with cool water.


For the rest of the population: if a person feels dizzy or fades, you have to lie down in a cool place indoors. You can offer a rehydration drink, but never hot or sweet tea. Place cold water in the wrist provides relief.

If the body temperature increases, we must remove the clothes of the person concerned, pass a wet sponge over his face, and, if possible, give a body wash with cold water. It is also helpful to use cold packs and ice packs on his head.

The elderly and those working in hot and humid environments have higher risk of heat stroke, which must be treated immediately. In these cases, body temperature rises above 40 degrees, the pulse becomes strong and rapid, changes in the state of consciousness (drowsiness), sweating ceases and there is dry skin, hot and red.

Other warning symptoms are headache, feeling of fatigue and intense thirst, nausea and vomiting, muscle cramps, convulsions and sweating important that suddenly stops and drowsiness and impaired breathing. Before them, it is imperative quickly go to the clinic in the nearest health center.