UK Heatwave: Heat Exhaustion and Heatstroke Symptoms You Need to Know

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How to recognise dangerous heat symptoms early and know when emergency help is needed

Heavy Sweating and Clammy Skin

Intense Thirst

Tiredness and Weakness

Dizziness or Feeling Faint

A Persistent Headache

Nausea Vomiting or Muscle Cramps

Fast Breathing or a Rapid Heartbeat

A Very High Temperature

Hot Skin Without Sweating

Confusion Seizures or Loss of Consciousness

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Hot weather can overwhelm the body’s natural cooling system, particularly during prolonged heat, strenuous activity or dehydration. Although anyone can become unwell, older people, young children, pregnant women and those with certain medical conditions face a higher risk.

Heat exhaustion is the body’s warning that it is struggling to cool itself, while heatstroke means temperature control is failing. Recognising where one ends and the other begins is crucial because heatstroke requires immediate emergency treatment.

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