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Date:7/7/2010

of enduring too much heat but if they are ignored they can lead to more serious problems.

"Typically you get nausea and vomiting, abdominal cramps," Yeh said.

Dizziness, dry mouth, dry skin and fatigue are also warning signs, added Dr. Russell Flood, assistant director of the department of emergency medicine at SUNY (State University of New York) Downstate Medical Center in New York City.

Preexisting respiratory conditions such as asthma can also be ignited by higher-than-average temperatures.

The very young and the very old are most susceptible to heat-related illness, largely because they're less able to identify symptoms and do something about them, experts say.

"Small children and the elderly are most at risk. They usually don't have the capability, especially children, to get themselves out of an overheated environment," said Flood.

Elderly people also have more trouble moving around, making it harder to get up to turn on the air conditioner or to summon help if there's a power outage, Flood said. That's why it's so important to have neighbors check in during hot weather.

And young children have a very immature thermoregulatory mechanism, so they're less efficient at getting rid of heat, said Dr. Martin Finkel, a pediatrician and director of the Child Abuse Research and Education Services (CARES) Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine. He noted that most heat-related deaths in children occur in those under the age of 3.

Should you feel the temperature rising, there are steps you can take to minimize the danger:

  • "The best way to avoid becoming severely ill is to get into a cooler environment, even if that just means half an hour," said Yeh. Air conditioning is the best escape, though younger people in good shape could get temporary relief in the shade, Flood said. New York City, for one, has opened "cooling centers" where people can recu
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