What are Sun Burns and how are they Caused? Sunburns are burns caused to skin due to overexposure to the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. To avoid sunburns, reduce the exposure time to the sun’s rays and try to avoid the sun in the noon. The reflection of sun’s rays from water and beach sand also […]
First Aid for Heat Cramps Some discomforts are resulted in the human body due to prolonged exposure to excessive heat or cold. One of them is heat cramps which are muscle spasms resulting due to a heavy loss of water and salts from the body. These heat cramps are commonly observed in athletes in outdoor […]
Heat exhaustion results due to accumulation of large quantities of blood in the skin as a part of cooling mechanism in case of very high external temperature. Due to the accumulation of blood in the peripheral system, the blood supply gets lowered centrally i.e the blood supply to the heart and brain gets decreased. Due […]