Heat Wave/Heat Stroke/Heat Exhaustion: What are your advice/thoughts?

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Re: Heat Wave/Heat Stroke/Heat Exhaustion: What are your advice/thoughts?

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The Meat man wrote:
Mon Jul 22, 2019 5:24 am
Ankerson wrote:
Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:41 pm

Exactly.

Drink a lot of water.

Drink even more water.

Drink even more water, enough that you don't like drinking it anymore.

Then drink even more. ;)

Drinking water is important, but as someone else has pointed out, over-hydration can be just as dangerous as dehydration. Especially in hot conditions.
The problem arises when the balance of salts in the blood becomes too diluted, due to too much water intake without replenishing electrolytes (salts). This is called Hyponatrema and can be deadly.

So yes, drinking lots of water is important, but if you're not also replenishing electrolytes, it can be dangerous.

You have to drink a lot of water in the extreme heat and cold.

Just because it's not humid or you aren't sweating doesn't mean you aren't losing hydration.

It's almost never too much water.
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Re: Heat Wave/Heat Stroke/Heat Exhaustion: What are your advice/thoughts?

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Bloke wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2019 1:35 am
Naperville wrote:
Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:34 pm
I'm in Illinois and worked in construction for a decade. The hottest / hardest work I ever participated in was footings and foundations, or felling trees.

The trees fell with no problem, but the gnats, flies and mosquitoes would drive a man to drink! That plus the bar oil getting all over you, you didn't know if you were working or getting paid to be tortured.
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