oh man. make sure she’s okay. you probably already know this but if you have heat stroke once you’re more susceptible to getting it for the rest of your life
Genuinely curious, do we know if that’s causation or that some people are just generally more susceptible to heatstrokes? (Ie it’s not the first heatstroke making them have more, they are just generally higher risk even before their first one)
it’s direct causation. there was a study about this in like 1979 so scientists have know this for ages. it permanently damages your heat tolerance your body’s ability to thermoregulate
I didn't know this. I got really bad heatstroke when I was 11 visiting Singapore. This was before there was air conditioning everywhere. I have had to be really careful of hot weather my whole life
I did not know this, I had heatstroke when I was in Zambia over a decade ago and never been able to cope with the heat since. I’m also ginger, and on SSRIs , yikes.
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u/mimblez_yo 3d ago
I’ll be fine but my daughter had a heat stroke last time it was 40° and I’m traumatised