Summer Care Tips: Dryness of blood, burning sensation or swelling… What is the effect of excessive heat on our body, how dangerous is it?

When the body becomes excessively hot, it has to work very hard to keep itself cool. Due to continuous sweating, there is a deficiency of water and essential minerals in the body. Which also affects the blood flow. Many people feel as if the body is “drying”, the lips start cracking, the head becomes heavy and there is a burning sensation in the hands and feet. Many times, due to extreme heat, red rashes, irritation and swelling start occurring on the skin. Doctors say that staying in the sun for a long time can lead to dangerous conditions like heat exhaustion and heat stroke, in which the person even becomes unconscious.

Very few people know that excessive heat also affects the brain and mental condition of a person. Constant exposure to heat increases irritability, anger, restlessness and stress. Many people have problem of insomnia, headache and start getting angry on small things. In such a situation, experts say that extreme heat also weakens the brain’s ability to work. Its impact is felt from children studying to people working in offices. Also, when the body gets disturbed from within, its effect is directly visible on the mood and thinking of the person.