Alcohol consumption in summer heat: risk of heating and dehydration

Alcohol consumption in summer heat: risk of heating and dehydration

alcohol consumption in summer heat: an underestimated risk

Football Germany is head and celebrates the victories of their teams. With the success of the German team and the increasing temperatures, Prof. Dr. med. Henning T. Baberg, medical director and chief physician of cardiology and nephrology in the Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, to fans and celebrating, to be aware of the risks of alcohol consumption in hot weather. The expert also gives tips for responsible celebrations.

No matter whether when public viewing on the fan mile or when looking in a cozy look in the home garden. When it is hot, the body leaves fluid through the sweating over the skin. To avoid overheating, Prof. Dr. med. Henning T. Baberg not only visiting shady places, but above all the drinking of enough water to compensate for the lost liquid to minimize the risk of dehydration. Deleting your thirst with alcoholic beverages is explained by the exact wrong approach as Prof. Baberg: "Sweating is the most natural mechanism of our body to temperature regulation. However, we promote the fluid output, for example through the urine and deprive the body. As a result, dehydration or even a heat stroke. " In the event of a heat stroke, those affected complain about symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, vomiting, low blood pressure or a quick heartbeat (tachycardia).

However, in addition to dehydration and heat stroke, the cardiologist warns: "The dehydration, which alcoholized people often notice too late or not at all, leads to the expansion of the vessels and thus to decrease in blood pressure. This state can not only result in circulatory problems and unemployment, but in an emergency in a circulatory collapse." In this case, first aid measures must be initiated immediately. In addition to stopping the emergency call and the care of the person until the emergency workers arrive, it is advisable to cool the data subject with damp cloths in the area of ​​neck and face. However, there should be no ice cream directly on the body.

So that the summer football event goes without health consequences, Prof. Baberg appeals to a responsible alcohol consumption and recommends to take four simple tips into account:

1. Hydration: If you consume alcoholic beverages despite hot temperatures, it is important that you keep drinking water to protect your body from dehydration.
2. Holding: Limit alcohol consumption and consciously enjoy. Alcoholic drinks are not thirst quenchers.
3. Shady places go to: Avoid long stays in direct sunlight and thus give your body cooling.
4. know first aid: Find out about the first aid measures for dehydration and heating.

The Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch is a modern hospital of maximum care with over 1,000 beds in more than 60 clinics, institutes and specialized centers as well as an emergency center with helicopter landing site. Every year there are more than 55,000 inpatient and over 144,000 outpatient patients with a high medical and nursing standard in diagnostics and therapy, especially in interdisciplinary centers such as in the breast center, intestinal center, skin tumor center, the Stroke Unit and in Chest Pain Unit. The clinic is certified by the German Diabetes Society as a "Clinic for Diabetic DDG". In addition, vascular medicine in Berlin-Buch triple is certified as a vascular center

located in the middle of Berlin-Brandenburg, in the green northeast of Berlin in Pankow and in the immediate vicinity of the Barnim, the clinic can be reached directly with the S-Bahn (S 2) and bus line 893 or by car (approx. 20 km from the Brandenburg Gate).

Helios is Europe's leading private health service provider with 127,000 employees. The company includes the Helios Group in Germany as well as Quirónsalud in Spain and Latin America under the roof of the holding helios Health. Around 26 million people decide on medical treatment at Helios annually. In 2023, the company achieved total sales of more than 12 billion euros.

In Germany, Helios has more than 80 clinics, around 230 medical care centers (MVZ) with around 600 health insurance seats, six prevention centers and 27 occupational medicine centers. Around 5.5 million people are treated in Germany annually, more than 4 million of them. Helios has been based on measurable high medical quality and transparency of the data since its foundation and is better than the nationwide average in 88 percent of the quality goals. In Germany, Helios employs around 78,000 employees and generated sales of around 7.3 billion euros in 2023. The headquarters of the company headquarters is Berlin.

Quirónsalud runs 58 clinics, eight of them in Latin America, over 100 outpatient health centers and around 300 health management facilities. Around 20 million patients are treated here every year: on the inside, more than 19 million outpatient. Quirónsalud employs 49,000 employees and generated sales of around 4.8 billion euros in 2023.

Helios belongs to the health group Fresenius.

Press contact: Christina McMullin, Senior PR & Marketing Manager, Telephone: (030) 9401-15537, email: press.buch@helios-gesundheit.de

Source: Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch

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