hot and humid

Today it's 33°C with a relative humidity of 66%, courtesy of the weather bug. Oh yeah, it is sunny. Our body sweat's evaporation process makes our body cooler but high humidity prevents the evaporation of our sweat so we are left hot and sticky in this weather. It has been like this for a while and some people have suffered from heat stroke. A 20-27°c temp is our comfort zone and anything higher than that could cause heat illnesses. So what does high heat do to us? The common effects of extreme body heat are we experience mental as well as physical problems  like getting grumpy and spaced out and getting really tired and inefficient. And in extreme cases, when body heat rises up to 41°C, this could be a possible heat stroke. It is important that we are aware about the signs because heat stroke requires immediate medical attention since delayed treatment could cause damage to our kidneys, heart and brain. Body temp rising up to 41°C is a main symptom but the person usually faints first before you find out about the temp. Check yourself from time to time if you are experiencing severe headache, if you're not sweating even when it's really hot, if you feel dizzy, if you feel weak or nauseous or vomiting, rapid heartbeat and rapid shallow breathing. If you or any of your family feel a couple or more of these it would be best to get some medical attention. 

Prevention is indeed better than cure so what I do and does work for me is keep hydrated and try to stay out of the sun in the middle of the day when it's hottest. I wear light clothes and I also carry around a fan so I can fan myself from time to time. I don't do rigorous stuff when it's really, really hot coz it just increases my body heat. If you have to work out, do it during early morning when the breeze is cooler. Well that's just about what I usually do. Basically just looking after yourself and in the end, it is really you who knows what your body need.