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Dr Michael Mosley missing on Greek Island | Body found (p 9)
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He probably had heat stroke rather than dehydration. Folk with heat stroke are often not dehydrated, it's a bit of a myth.dehydration messes with your brain....
Bill Walker
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It was reported here he died of heat stroke. He was very popular in Australia. Feel sad for his death.He probably had heat stroke rather than dehydration. Folk with heat stroke are often not dehydrated, it's a bit of a myth.
Trevor Morley's Tache
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Heatstroke fucks you right up.He probably had heat stroke rather than dehydration. Folk with heat stroke are often not dehydrated, it's a bit of a myth.
I've had it once when working in Africa, and by all accounts I was all over the place, even though I though I was fine enough to carry on working. Mine was combined with dehydration, due to grafting in the midday sun in over 45 degree heat (due to the reflected heat from the concrete) and high humidity due to the proximity to the edge of a jungle. We physically couldn't drink enough water and our body salts were seriously depleted.
Rory Bluelow
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Christ, that landscape looks like fucking MarsHe was found half way up and on the other side of the fence on the right hand side of this picture some 50 odd yards away from the cafe at the bottom. I really can't see any family having a picnic on barren rocky ground in 40C heat yards away from his body.
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It does indeed fuck you up a mate of mine ended up on a ventilator in ICU during a shortish run.Heatstroke fucks you right up.
I've had it once when working in Africa, and by all accounts I was all over the place, even though I though I was fine enough to carry on working. Mine was combined with dehydration, due to grafting in the midday sun in over 45 degree heat (due to the reflected heat from the concrete) and high humidity due to the proximity to the edge of a jungle. We physically couldn't drink enough water and our body salts were seriously depleted.
But the problem is the heat rather than the dehydration which is rarely severe in heat stroke.
remember arthur mann
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Is there life on Mars?Christ, that landscape looks like fucking Mars
Give me the windswept pennines any day of the weekChrist, that landscape looks like fucking Mars
Trevor Morley's Tache
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Raised core body temperature is the main issue for sure. A rise in core temperature really creeps up on you, and then when it tips the threshold you usually have a rapid onset of symptoms which are hugely disorientating. By raising your core temperature too high you effectively disable your body's thermostat, at which point you get the biological equivalent of thermal runaway. Temperature regulates so many bodily functions which is why systemic organ failure usually follows quickly if left untreated.It does indeed fuck you up a mate of mine ended up on a ventilator in ICU during a shortish run.
But the problem is the heat rather than the dehydration which is rarely severe in heat stroke.
Acclimatisation is often overlooked, and short holidays to hot places can be a real problem for the old, young or unfit/unwell.