How to avoid heat exhaustion

This is a common problem in sport, especially in children and during the summer months. The phenomenon is caused by a drop in blood pressure, loss of body fluids and salts at a faster pace than that of the replenishment.

Also contributing to this situation the impact of heat on blood vessels, which dilate to produce a sudden drop in blood pressure.

By knowing how it occurs, we are able to take some precautions: avoid playing for a long time without replenishing the fluids that are going to lose if it is hot wet neck frequently monitor the location of sports is well ventilated in what may be cool.

If a kid is so faint must lie with their heads sideways as if to vomit and the lower the level of the body, while the doctor is called.