“Summer Safety: The Dangers of Sunstroke and Hard Work in the Garden”

Julia Raevskaya

21 minutes ago

In the heat of summer, you need to be aware of the health risks

In summer, the risk of catching sunstroke increases many times over. However, few people know that neglecting their own safety during the daytime hours can lead to even more serious consequences. This is especially true for gardeners.

Doctors do not get tired of warning fans to work in the garden and in the garden about the risk of strokes. It’s all about the heat, which during hard physical work can cause serious harm to health. Worst of all, people often ignore the alarm signals coming from the body to the last.

Of course, older people are much more at risk during the summer season. Doctors also pay attention to the category of citizens over forty, who can bring themselves to a stroke, earning in the heat. But in fact, even younger ones run the risk of ending up in a hospital bed, staying in the heat longer than recommended and forgetting about banal safety rules.

A country stroke is still the same stroke, but provoked by prolonged exposure to the sun and hard work in the heat. With such factors, the prerequisites for the occurrence of circulatory disorders in the brain caused by blockage or rupture of blood vessels are significantly enhanced.

“We are talking here about arterial hypertension (blood pressure – Approx. ed.), about atherosclerosis of the arteries (narrowing of the lumen – Approx. ed.), which also aggravate the blood flow of the cerebral arteries (arteries of the brain – Approx. ed.) and about arrhythmia ” , – noted the neurologist Sergey Zabirov.

As the specialist emphasized, all three factors listed by him can cause both hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes. The latter occurs in 80-85% of cases.

This condition can be recognized by a number of signs. This is a conspicuous asymmetry of the face, and weakness of the muscles, and, of course, a violation of the reproduction and perception of speech. But sometimes a person may show symptoms that vaguely resemble a pre-stroke state, but in fact often act as harbingers of more serious problems. Among them are sudden dizziness, drunken speech, unsteady gait, numbness, tingling and loss of sensation in the limbs. In any case, in such situations, it is better to immediately contact a specialist.

In order not to face a dacha stroke, doctors advise not to overwork during the hours when the sun is the most evil – and this is from 12 to 15 hours. In addition, at any time of the year it is necessary to be regularly observed by specialists. This is especially true for people over 40 years of age. It is important to remember the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, following which you can avoid not only a stroke, but also many other diseases, including age-related ones. Regular proper nutrition, following the daily routine and drinking enough water will also help maintain health.