{"id":298333,"date":"2025-02-28T11:12:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T10:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/recommendations-and-preventive-measures-against-heat-waves\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T11:18:58","slug":"recommendations-and-preventive-measures-against-heat-waves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/recommendations-and-preventive-measures-against-heat-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommendations and preventive measures against heat waves"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Preventive measures in the heat<\/strong><\/h3>
  • Drink plenty of water, even if you are not thirsty, at least 2 litres a day; avoid alcohol and caffeine.<\/li>
  • Take a shower or bath with lukewarm water at the hottest times of the day.<\/li>
  • Avoid too much sun, especially between 12 and 4 pm.<\/li>
  • Eat fruit and vegetables. Avoid large meals.<\/li>
  • In your home, move to cooler areas, close blinds and windows and open at night to ventilate.<\/li>
  • Help the most fragile people in your environment: the elderly, the sick, dependents and children.<\/li>
  • If you are elderly, take medication or suffer from a chronic illness, go to your Health Centre to find out about the additional measures you should take.<\/li>
  • Wear light, loose-fitting clothing, preferably cotton and light-coloured.<\/li>
  • If you go outside, take protective measures: wear a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen and seek shade.<\/li>
  • Never leave anyone in a closed or parked vehicle, including your pet.<\/li>
  • If you are going to do sport, it is advisable not to do it during the central hours of the day.<\/li><\/ul>

    Avoid health problems caused by the heat<\/strong><\/h3>

    Sunburn:<\/strong><\/p>

    • Use sun protection creams and spend little time in the sun.<\/li><\/ul>

      Muscle cramps due to excessive physical activity or high perspiration:<\/strong><\/p>

      • Stop the activity you are doing and rest in a cool place.<\/li>
      • Do not engage in any intense physical activity of long duration.<\/li>
      • Drink juices diluted in water or sports drinks.<\/li>
      • Go to your health centre if cramps last more than one hour.<\/li><\/ul>

        Heat exhaustion due to excessive loss of body fluids and salts:<\/strong><\/p>

        • Its main symptoms are headache, tiredness, weakness, dizziness, nausea or fainting.<\/li>
        • Rest in a cool place.<\/li>
        • Drink juices diluted in water or sports drinks.<\/li>
        • Go to your Health Centre if symptoms last more than one hour.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          Preventive measures in the heat Drink plenty of water, even if you are not thirsty, at least 2 litres a day; avoid alcohol and caffeine. Take a shower or bath with lukewarm water at the hottest times of the day. Avoid too much sun, especially between 12 and 4 pm. Eat fruit and vegetables. Avoid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-298333","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}