Maharashtra Heatstroke Incident- Issue of Heatstroke Deaths in India
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Some 13 people died due to heatstroke in Maharashtra at an open air event, at a time when the region wasn’t even experiencing heatwave. This brings the focus on heatstroke- an easily preventable issue that continues to claim lives every summer.
How do heatstroke deaths happen?
- Heatstroke is a serious condition caused when the internal temperature of the body rises to dangerous levels. This can sometimes lead to hospitalization and even deaths. This happens due to a number of reasons:
- High temperatures- especially in summers
- Wet bulb temperature- which is the combined effect of high temperature and high humidity that hampers the evaporation of sweat, thus impeding the body’s ability to cool itself down
- Exhaustion- long d
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