Doctors stress to protect yourself from heat-related injuries 

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) (KFSN) -- Woodward Park successful Northeast Fresno was engaged connected Thursday greeting with radical getting successful their regular workout earlier the hotter temperatures settled in.

"Limit your outdoor activities betwixt the hottest portion of the day, which is 10 americium and 4 pm," said Dr. Vivian Torio, a Family Medicine Physician with Kaiser Permanente Fresno.

Over the adjacent fewer days, Central California volition beryllium heating up. While warmer upwind tin beryllium fun, it does instrumentality a toll connected our carnal health.

"Extreme fatigue, dizziness, lightheadedness, sweating a lot, thirsty," said Dr. Torio. "Feeling thirsty is simply a large one, sometimes confusion."

Those are each symptoms of a heat-related illness. Doctors accidental don't disregard the informing signs that your assemblage is giving you. Dr. Torio tells Action News that swelling could besides beryllium a motion of a heat-related injury, particularly for older adults.

"It's really a motion that you astir apt request to portion more," said Dr. Torio. "Your body's holding connected to that h2o due to the fact that it needs it."

She adds that musculus cramps tin besides beryllium a motion of dehydration. Health experts accidental to debar drinking caffeine during blistery weather.

"It's a diuretic," said Dr. Torio. "It makes you pee more. So you're going to pee each the h2o out."

On apical of staying hydrated, Dr. Torio has an important reminder for your safety.

"Take predominant breaks," said Dr. Torio. "We person a batch of athletes practicing implicit the summer. As agelong arsenic they get bully breaks, similar each 30 minutes, depending connected what their enactment is, they should beryllium okay."

Doctors besides accidental to not hide to instrumentality vantage of the cooling centers successful your neighborhood.

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