What can I do if I was in the sun too long and over heated?

Heavy sweating, feeling faint, low blood pressure, rapid pulse, nausea, and headache are some symptoms that your body is exhausted due to heat. Heat cramps are the lightest of effects of overheating in your body, while the most serious of the effects is a heat stroke.

Your body can get overheated when you are in a high humidity environment, or if you expose your body to high temperatures, causing excessive sweating. Highly stressful levels of physical activity can also cause your body to get overheated. You can prevent overheating by wearing loose-fitting clothes. Your clothes should be light in weight and also in color. Very dark colors absorb a lot of heat and transfer the same to your body causing overheating. You should drink a lot of water and fluids to keep yourself well-hydrated and maintain a comfortable body temperature. You should also avoid over exposure to the sun and be in a cool place.

Drinking peppermint tea helps reduce your body temperature and also keeps your body well hydrated. You should avoid a strenuous exercise regime and if that is something you cannot avoid, you should ensure that the exercise is done in a cool place. You should take frequent breaks in between your exercise schedule so that your body temperate remains regulated. If you are in a heated environment, your body will probably get used to the environment eventually but this will take time. The body needs time to adapt to a new environment. You can use a mix of cool water and apple cider vinegar to keep your body well hydrated and cool. This mixture not only adds minerals but also replaces electrolytes. Always use cool water and avoid the use of very cold water. In case you feel your body is overheated, you can try placing a wet cloth on your forehead, feet, and hands. These are the places that that draw most heat and if cooled will have an overall cooling effect. The water that is used to wet the cloth should be cool and not very cold as that might have an adverse effect. You should keep fluids handy. They not only keep your body well hydrated, they also keep your body cool as they do not let your body temperature take a sudden leap. You should keep a tab on the heating of your body as an extreme level of heating of your body can result in a heat stroke.

answered by M W

• Stay in a cool area and take a cold bath.
• Wear lose and comfortable clothes and always wear a hat with pores in it when going out in the sun. You should also use sunscreen lotion but avoid overexposure to sun. avoid wearing dark hued colors as they absorb a lot of heat.
• Wipe your body with a wet cloth and drink lots of water. Even before going out, you should drink water and then move.
• Avoid tea, coffee, alcohol, smoking, carbonated drinks and very cold drinks, as this leads to an increase in internal body heat.
• Take a big scarf and wet it. Keep it in the freezer and leave it for sometime. Take it out and wrap it around your forehead. Remove it when it comes down to room temperature. You can repeat this for 5 or 6 times a day.
• Have more fruits and vegetables and less of protein as it may increase heat in the body by speeding up the metabolism. This will result in more water loss. Fruits and vegetables provide water, mineral and salt to the body. You can also consume their supplements.
• Try to stay in the coolest area and the lowest section of your house.
• Apply the juice of Aloe Vera and liquid minerals to your skin.
• Spread peppermint oil on your skin and it can also be added in water and taken internally.

answered by D D