Why you feel lethargic, headache, dizzy, and dizzy…?

Several days of illness may be caused by “heat stroke.

The late September saw the continuation of summer-like temperatures, with severe lingering summer heat in many areas and the highest number of midsummer days in autumn. Although we finally began to feel cool breezes in the mornings and evenings, some days the temperature rises to nearly 30 degrees Celsius during the day. The danger at this time of year is unseasonal heat stroke.

People have the image that heat stroke is a summer illness, but if the temperature rises during the day, heat stroke can occur even in the fall,” said Ishihara.

However, heat stroke can occur even in the fall if the temperature is high during the day,” says Dr. Shinna Ishihara, vice director of Ishihara Clinic.

Autumn brings more opportunities to enjoy leisure activities such as camping and fruit picking, as well as outdoor events such as sports and athletic meets. Many people may have refrained from exercising, such as running or walking outside during the summer in order to avoid the intense heat.

Heat stroke is caused by an imbalance of water and salt in an environment of high temperature and humidity, and the body’s inability to regulate its temperature. Initial symptoms include dizziness, dizziness, headache, and lethargy, and as symptoms worsen, nausea, limping, cramps, and loss of consciousness may occur.

In some cases, these symptoms appear suddenly when the body heats up, but in other cases, the symptoms may continue for several days, and the illness may actually be heat stroke.

This autumn, we need to be especially careful about heat stroke, which occurs “slowly. The underlying cause is said to be fatigue from the long, hot summer.

Three reasons why the risk of heat stroke is high even in autumn

There are three reasons why the risk of heat stroke is high. One is the fatigue of the autonomic nervous system caused by the summer heat wave. This summer was so hot that people could not spend a whole day without air conditioning. While it was cool indoors and on the train because of the air conditioning, once you stepped outside, you were drenched in sweat from the strong sunlight.

The autonomic nervous system is battered by the constant back and forth between indoors and outdoors, as the body continues to deal with both the heat and the cold.

In addition to the accumulated damage caused by the heat, the unstable autumn weather is also adding to the problem.

“It is still hot during the day, but the mornings and evenings feel cooler, and suddenly typhoons and thunderstorms strike. As a result, body temperature regulation and perspiration fail, leading to heat stroke due to unseasonably high temperatures.

Another reason is that people are less conscious of their water intake due to the cooler temperatures than in the summer.

When the wind blows and it starts to feel cooler, more people forget to drink water. Even if you are not thirsty, you are always sweating. Heat stroke can occur not only at high temperatures but also in humid places, so it is important to hydrate frequently even in autumn.

In addition, with the increase in outdoor leisure activities and outings, we can expect to spend more time in the same kind of environment as in summer.

When spending long hours under the hot sun at outdoor barbecues, camping, etc., it is best to assume that the risk of heat stroke is just as high as in the summer. On sunny fall days when temperatures are higher, people need to be careful how they spend their time outdoors.”