{"id":162712,"date":"2024-05-30T15:23:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=162712"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:10:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:10:41","slug":"how-does-heat-wave-affect-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/how-does-heat-wave-affect-your-health\/","title":{"rendered":"The Health Consequences of Heatwaves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“I felt my head getting very hot. Suddenly, I started feeling weak and exhausted. I stopped cooking and stepped outside, but that’s when my entire body, from my feet up, felt very hot,” recalls Ruth Montoya<\/strong>, 54, describing the onset of a heat stroke she suffered in April 2023, which resulted in her fainting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth, who has worked in kitchens for nearly 13 years, recognized the symptoms. When she felt nauseous again in 2024, she acted immediately to avoid a recurrence. Despite being in good health, the extreme temperatures recorded in April in Mexico City<\/strong> affected her daily tasks and her colleagues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exposure to extreme heat is associated with numerous negative health effects, ranging from general discomfort and headaches to heat stroke and death<\/strong>, according to the British medical journal The Lancet<\/em> and its 2023 report for Latin America, “Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for health-centred climate-resilient development.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change<\/a> is expected to impact population health through direct consequences <\/strong>(such as temperature changes, increased precipitation, or extreme events) and indirect outcomes like environmental disruptions, high temperatures<\/a>, climate-related infectious diseases, allergens, and food insecurity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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