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Article: When temperatures climb, pay attention to your body ; Drink plenty of fluids in the heat, or better yet, stay out of it.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
- Article date:
- July 2, 2003
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Portland Press Herald (Maine)
07-02-2003
When temperatures climb, pay attention to your body ; Drink plenty of fluids in the heat, or better yet, stay out of it.
Edition: FINAL
Section: Editorial
Friday's emergency transport of about 20 middle-school students from a math camp at a University of Southern Maine campus demonstrates that hot temperatures are clearly nothing to trifle with.
About a dozen of the transported kids suffered from heat exhaustion, a condition that can occur when the body becomes dehydrated in hot, humid weather. Symptoms can include dizziness, vomiting and fainting. It's a mild form of heat stroke, in which a person's core temperature rises above 105 degrees. People ...
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