“My bowl is the sky,
And I drink at my eye,
Till I feel in the brain
A Delphian pain
On the green of the hill
We will drink our fill
of golden sunshine
till our brains intertwine”
- wrote John Keats when he was aware of his approaching death in his famous poem “A Draught of Sunshine”. He was in my opinion, describing the heat stroke. With the mercury skyrocketing, an average of over 2 deg Celsius rise in global temperature this summer, we are truly “#fried”
Heat stroke is a medical condition when your body overheats and does not cool down properly. Your body’s natural cooling mechanisms like sweating becomes overwhelmed, goes haywire and your body temperature rises to a dangerous temperature.
High temperature (over 40 degree Celsius) + Headache + fatigue + giddiness + vomiting = Heat exhaustion
Heat exhaustion + confusion = Heat stroke
Elderly, marathon runners, patients with cardiac disease, and ethanolics are highly prone to heat illness.
Heat stroke is a life-threatening condition, that can lead to multi-organ injury and death.
We can surely “Beat it”–borrowing the powerful words of our ever-favourite King of Pop
Dr Vidya Saketharaman
Consultant Emergency Medicine
Kauvery Hospital Chennai
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