As cities across the country, including the national capital, continued to reel under intense heat, cases of heat-related illnesses such as fatigue and fainting, diarrhoea-vomiting, high-grade fever, allergies and conjunctivitis, have also increased. According to doctors, children being smaller and weighing lesser, their ability to tolerate the stress of heat or cold is more affected than adults. Besides, they also build up more heat than adults.
Also, as per an article on International Journal of Sports Medicine, while adults may cope well with heat or cold, children may not have the same tolerance.The health impacts of heat waves typically involve dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and/or heat stroke. You may watch out for the signs and symptoms that may follow: Heat cramps - Edema (swelling) and syncope (fainting) generally accompanied by fever below 39ºC i.e.102ºF. Heat…
