{"id":2298,"date":"2019-10-16T06:40:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpshoe.com\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2023-12-27T14:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T22:34:19","slug":"10-tips-to-prevent-heat-exhaustion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpshoe.com\/10-tips-to-prevent-heat-exhaustion\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips to Prevent Heat Exhaustion"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you’ve ever felt like your body has overheated and it can’t cool down; you may be experiencing a sign of heat exhaustion. I have felt like this on a couple of occasions when I have pushed myself too much without enough hydration and sometimes while in very hot conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heat exhaustion can be prevented by taking precautionary measures before, during, and after the activities, you’re engaging in. The main way to prevent it is by being thoroughly hydrated before, during, and after your activity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Once I was working in my attic. I was sweating a lot and just ignored the fact that I was thirsty and hot because I wanted to finish my work before having to crawl all the way back out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the job was done, I found I was exhausted and just couldn’t recover my strength and felt like I had a fever for a while. This may have been heat exhaustion. What signs should you look for? Let’s find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We need water to take care of almost all the processes in the body. We can get by with less water than our body needs, but our body will not function at full capacity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Some people go through life being dehydrated on most days. Why? Because they have lost the ability to recognize when their body needs water<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you ignore your thirst for a couple of weeks, either by distraction or necessity, you’ll become used to it and the body will not trigger your thirst signal<\/strong>, even though you do not have a normal level of hydration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don’t have the water you need, your body can’t handle high temperatures for long. So getting enough water for daily activities, and even more when you exercise or do activities where you perspire a lot, will help you maintain proper temperature levels and help prevent heat exhaustion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Keeping Track of Your Water Intake<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nowadays many people carry a water bottle with them to work, outings, and workouts. We have lots of information about how important it is to get enough water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Some apps can help you get the amount of water your body likely needs based on age and body weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It takes a couple of weeks for your body to get used to holding more water<\/strong>. But if you keep at it, you’ll be able to be fully hydrated by drinking the amount recommended daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For me, at about 180 lbs, I’d need to drink about 5 bottles of my Camelbak 25oz<\/a> (AD) water bottles, if I exercise 30 minutes a day. If you were 100 lbs and didn’t exercise, you’d need to drink 2 and two-thirds of a 25oz Camelbak bottle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For each pound of weight, you’d want at least .5oz to about .66oz for a non-exercise day. For a 30 minute exercise day for each pound, you’d want .62oz to about .78oz of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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