Improve Your Health With Air Conditioning

We all know air conditioning can help keep you comfortable. No one likes to feel sweaty and sticky for too long unless they are exercising. A well-maintained air conditioning system can not only keep you cool, but can reduce health problems.

Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are the obvious illnesses that a Tempe AC can help alleviate. Heat exhaustion occurs when your body overheats. It can cause rapid heart beat, excessive sweating, and rapid breathing. Left untreated heat exhaustion can lead to heat stroke. Once your body gets too hot, it can no longer regulate its own temperature through sweating. Signs of heat stroke include dizziness, vomiting, fatigue, and weakness. If your body gets too hot for too long, you can suffer brain and organ damage. Someone showing signs of heat stroke should get immediate treatment. Call emergency services and move the person to an air conditioned room. Bathe them with cool but not cold water to promote evaporation to cool the persons body. Without prompt care, heat stroke can lead to death. If you cannot afford to air condition your home, try to spend at least some time on very hot days in air conditioned public places like libraries or malls.

People who love to exercise can suffer from heat cramps or heat rash. Ideally when it is very hot outside, you should exercise in a building cooled by a geothermal heating and air conditioning system. Not everything can be done indoors, though. Running, golfing, and a bunch of other sports can only be enjoyed outdoors no matter how hot it is. Make sure you wear proper clothing. Loose clothes made out of natural fibers allow you body to cool itself by sweat evaporation. Light colors and hats can help keep the sunlight off you. Heat rash shows up as a small cluster of blisters and can be treated by keeping the area dry. Heat cramps often do not show up until several hours after you exercise and usually occur in the abdomen, arms or calves. The best way to prevent heat cramps is to make sure you stay hydrated. Drink plenty of fluids, including sports drinks which are designed to replace potassium and electrolytes in the body. By the time you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated, so if you are outside in hot weather make sure to keep a drink handy.

Air conditioning can also be a great aid to people suffering from allergies or respiratory illnesses. Both of these conditions can be aggravated by particles in the air. A phoenix air conditioning service can make a huge difference in the air quality in your home. Ventilation systems include filters that can help keep dust, pollen, and mold particles out of the air in your home. When inhaled, those particles can lead to inflammation of the lungs making it difficult for sufferers to breathe. Regularly changing the filters in your system insures the best quality air.

By: Ruth Evans

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