Outdoor temperatures have on most days recently reached 35°C, and sometimes topped 37°C, resulting in a rise in heat injuries, it said, citing Central Weather Bureau statistics. The types of injury are heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, it said. The main cause of indoor heat injuries is poor ventilation, which causes the indoor temperature to rise rapidly, HPA Community Health Division head Lo Su-ying (羅素英) said, adding that heat injuries develop if people’s bodies are not regulating their temperature properly. Heat injury symptoms include rising body temperature, flushed skin, a rapid heartbeat, headache, dizziness, vomiting, weakness, cramps and confusion, Lo said. They should drink cool water with salt or an electrolyte drink, and be taken for medical treatment as soon as possible.

Source: Taipei Times July 11, 2020 15:56 UTC