Culiacan, Sinaloa.-The Ministry of Health of the Government of the state of Sinaloa once again invites the entire population to extreme precautions due to the high temperatures that are part of the heat wave that has been presented in the entity and that year with year s And they feel their effects in the summer months. Dr. Efrén Encinas Torres, Secretary of Health, reiterated to the general population that it should avoid exposure in the hours of 11:00 to 5:00 pm, period when the sun rays are more aggressive because the body temperature can reach 40 degrees and That’s a risk factor for the human being.
“When for some reason we have to expose ourselves to the sun will have to find a way to protect us, look for a sunscreen, a broad-based hat, wear soft clothes and hydrate with natural water or life oral serum; When there is an important feeling of dizziness, headache, a lot of thirst, etc., it will be necessary, in addition to hydration, to use cold blankets and put them all over the body; When there is a case with severe extreme heat stroke, they are cases that disrupt the organic functions of the human being and can cause it to fall into a state of organic failure, it should not come to that, “he pointed out. The also head of the health services of Sinaloa said that until now, the court that carries out the area of epidemiological surveillance, in week 21 of the year are 7 related cases of heat impact, with a death in the municipality of El Rosario. Dr. Gabriel García Martínez, head of epidemiological surveillance of the Urban Health center of Culiacan, added that Sinaloa is one of the States of the Mexican Republic that has higher temperatures at this time of the year, which is why in the health services of Sinaloa is looking to emphasize prevention measures to avoid heat stroke. ” Sinaloa is one of the states with the highest temperatures in the Republic and therefore the concern of the health sector to invite the population to carry out the preventive measures and the care that we deserve each one of the inhabitants; The heat stroke is every person that by exposure to high extreme temperatures, ie greater than 39.1 to 42 degrees Celsius, which are the temperatures we are going to live in the state, and we have to take care of exposure to these temperatures ” Expressed. It is important to note that children under 5 years old and adults over 60 years old mean the sector of the population most vulnerable to these elevated temperatures, so vital attention should be placed on direct exposure to the sun’s rays.
In the same way the invitation is made to drink enough fluids, natural water or sera, leaving aside the drinks with sweeteners, the latter by the contrary do not favor the hydration that the body needs.
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