Howard Perch: Common Side Effects of Hot Weather Exercise

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Common Side Effects of Hot Weather Exercise

• Howard Perch

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• Ormond Beach professional Howard Perch enjoys the
  Florida climate something that affords local
  residents an almost year-round opportunity to
  enjoy the outdoors and to engage in outdoor
  activities at their leisure.
• But Howard Perch also understands the potential
  health hazards that can come from spending too
  much time in the hot Florida sun particularly
  those that commonly result from strenuous
  activities in 80, 90 and sometimes 100-degree
  temperatures.

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• Some of the more common side effects of hot
  weather exercise include
• Cramps
• Syncope
• Heat exhaustion
• Heatstroke

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• Cramps. A common heat-related illness, cramps
  involve sometimes-painful muscle contractions
  that often result from exercise.
• Syncope Syncope, generally associated with
  exercise-associated collapse, involves
  lightheadedness and fainting that often results
  from strenuous hot weather activity Heat
  exhaustion.

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• Heat exhaustion. Those experiencing heat
  exhaustion often undergo such symptoms as
  weakness, fainting, nausea, headache, sweating
  and clammy skin.
• Heatstroke. This condition involves many of the
  same symptoms as heat exhaustion though with
  considerably higher severity. Heatstroke is most
  often life-threatening.