I am an Infectious Disease specialist and author of Resilience: One Family's Story of Hope and Triumph over Evil and of Conducting Clinical Research, the essential guide to the topicin the US are living under heat warnings this week. While most people likely know the importance of staying hydrated, many likely don’t know the risks of the medicines they take.compared to water or fluid with stevia, a plant-based sweetener.
Oral rehydration solution mixes are readily available in many countries. If these are not available and your budget is limited, you can make your own ORS. SomeSymptoms of illness from excessive heat run a spectrum. First can be heat cramps from dehydration and loss of electrolytes. Treat this with fluids like sports drinks with carbohydrates and electrolytes.
Heat stroke is a medical emergency. While waiting for help, place cold wet cloths or ice on the head, neck, armpits, and groin; or soak the clothing with cool water. Also, circulate the air to speed cooling.Ideally, if you don’t have air conditioning, you want to get to a cooling center, library, shopping mall, or some place with air conditioning. Not everyone has that luxury.don’t work very well when the temperature gets into the 90s.
Some antipsychotics, anticholinergics, and stimulants can interfere with your body’s ability to control its temperature., can cause increased sweating. So can Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors , such as Duloxetine or Venlafaxine . Both of these classes of antidepressants may contribute to dehydration.In contrast, sweating is decreased with Tricyclic Antidepressants , such as amitriptylene , and typical and atypical antipsychotics.