Extreme Weather Heat waves Health Alert: 7 Interestingly Key Risk Factors and Warning Signs of Heat-related Illnesses Videos: 1

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Healthily living to avoid heat stroke, heat rash and other heat-related illnesses? Here are 7 interestingly risk factors and warning signs of extreme weather heat waves heat-related Illnesses:

1. Obesity

Obesity is a health conditions which can further complicate the body’s response to heat stress. Excess body fat can insulate the body, making it difficult to dissipate heat.

2. Fever

Fever increases the body’s core temperature, putting additional stress on the body during a heat wave and resulting in the risk of heat-related illnesses.

3. Mental Illness

Mental illness, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, can affect a person’s ability to recognize and respond to heat stress and impair thermoregulation.

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