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Suggest Treatment For Weakness And Lightheadedness After Being In Hot Weather
Question: My spouse was sitting in the sun in an open area for several hours, it was very hot and humid. She became weak, lightheaded, pale and turned pale. We got her into the shade, gave her water and ice to chew, applied cold to her head, face, back of neck and arms (via water bottle). She bounced back to normal in approx. 10 minutes. What happened to her? she drank water durung the entire time in the sun.
Brief Answer:
I would explain as follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
I carefully passed through your question and would explain that her symptoms seem to be related to low blood pressure.
You should know that during hot weather, there is vasodilation in the skin vessels, causing an increased blood flow in the skin and decreased blood flow in other organs, like the brain.
This is more prominent in some susceptible persons leading to this symptomatology.
So, nothing serious is happened.
I would recommend avoiding staying in hot weather and with high humidity.
A close monitoring of her blood pressure is necessary.
If the problem repeats, I would recommend consulting with her doctor and performing some tests:
- a resting ECG
- complete blood count for anemia
- fasting glucose
- blood electrolytes.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
I would explain as follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
I carefully passed through your question and would explain that her symptoms seem to be related to low blood pressure.
You should know that during hot weather, there is vasodilation in the skin vessels, causing an increased blood flow in the skin and decreased blood flow in other organs, like the brain.
This is more prominent in some susceptible persons leading to this symptomatology.
So, nothing serious is happened.
I would recommend avoiding staying in hot weather and with high humidity.
A close monitoring of her blood pressure is necessary.
If the problem repeats, I would recommend consulting with her doctor and performing some tests:
- a resting ECG
- complete blood count for anemia
- fasting glucose
- blood electrolytes.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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