What do heatwaves do to the body and who is at risk?

There are about 2,000 deaths attributable to excessive temperatures in England yearly.

Most of those will probably be coronary heart assaults and strokes attributable to the pressure of making an attempt to maintain physique temperatures secure.

The increased dying fee begins to kick in as soon as the thermometer passes 25C-26C.

However, the proof suggests the deaths are typically attributable to increased temperatures in spring or early summer season reasonably than “peak summer season”.

This might be as a result of we begin to change our day-to-day behaviour as summer season progresses and we get extra used to coping with the warmth.

The proof from earlier heatwaves is the rise in deaths occurs in a short time – throughout the first 24 hours of the heatwave.

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