With summer in full swing, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reminding residents to take measures to prevent heatrelated illness.
Heat can be dangerous. When it is hot outside, the body eliminates excess heat through sweating and increases blood flow to the skin. Humidity makes it more difficult for the body to cool itself. Heat-related illness (HRI), or hyperthermia, occurs when the body is unable to maintain a normal temperature, resulting in heat exhaustion or life-threatening heat stroke.
Everyone is susceptible to illness during extreme heat, but some people are at greater risk:
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