What heat actually does to your body - and how to protect yourself

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What heat actually does to your body - and how to protect yourself
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🥵 With the first heat-health warning issued for this weekend, RosieFitzmauric looks at the effects of high temperatures on the body, from the brain down to your toes

– so 2.5 ml for the entire face/neck/ears and around a shot glass full for the entire body. Give it 20 minutes to sink in and settle into all the little cracks in your skin before heading out in the sun, then reapply every two hours.”

Prickly heat or heat rash, itchy, blotchy or irritated skin, is another pesky side effect of high temperatures. “Sweat can also cause a rash if wet clothes rub against skin for a prolonged period of time,” Dr Spierings says. It typically presents as small raised red spots on the skin that commonly show up on the chest, shoulders and inside elbow creases, and is caused by sweat getting trapped underneath the skin. Be gentle, pat with cool water rather than scratch.

. Keep your home as cool as possible during the day by keeping blinds or curtains closed, particularly if you live in high-rise buildings. Leave windows closed during the hottest hours of the day and open them in the early morning and evening . Placing a pack of frozen peas or bowl of ice cubes in front of a fan can make the air feel cooler, too.

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