Yesterday I got home from work at 0900 and began working in the yard! After about 2.5 hours
I sat down to take a brake! I totally missed the signs of heat stress and dehydration!
I woke up flat of my back with my legs hanging over the log I was sitting on!
As I regrouped I was disoriented, called my sister, and a few minutes later the, cramps from
dehydration kicked in to full gear! They were full body cramps! I dialed 911, eh ambulance came
and rushed me off to the er! Turns out that the blood pressure medicine also had a diuretic in it,
and that zapped all the potassium and sodium, out of me! Scary stuff

what to look for
1. Dry mouth
2. Absence of sweat
3. Redness of skin
4. Slurred speech
5. Dizziness
6. Nauseous
7. Clammy feeling skin

please be careful and drink plenty of water and and gatraid or power aid
to help replace electrolytes!

Stay hydrated out there bruh !!

Dang! Glad you are okay.

Really hot and very humid today. Was thinking of digging the hole for our fountain today.........not now!!!!! Got to be careful!!!!

Sorry to gear that man! I get Heat exhaustion fairly easy if i dont watch it. V8 is very good to keep you hydrated and healthy also potassium pills will keep the cramps away. Basically if i get a [censored] i take a potassium 525mg or drink a V8. V8 juice seems to last longer than just the potassium. I dont like sugar drinks so this is the healthiest way for me. I hope this helps. By the way how old are you if you dont mind me asking. pm me if you would like.

Scary stuff for sure. Glad all is well now.

Prayers for you lookingfor25,glad you're doing better. I worked with some guys that suffered from heat stroke while on a maintenance crew at a fiberglass plant. One recovered fairly well, the other could not expose his body to heat again and he was sick a lot. Serious stuff. Thanks for posting the warning signs.

Been there and done that,glad to here you doing better,roofed for 37 years I know what the heat can do.Now you really got to watch it after one the second comes easier take it from me .

Been there also. Slurred speech and lose of balance. I was on lake Conroe alone when it happened. Crappie fishing. That was 2 yrs ago and I still feel the effects of it.

man oh man sir ....be careful
glad your ok
same here ...dove huntin down by ft hood 20 plus years ago
ding dong me just brung beer on the company lease
can you say STUPID ....
I still get head aches in the severe heat if aint hydrated to beat the band
watch yourself brother

yep once u have a heat stroke your never the same, . lots of pro football teams use pickle juice to hydrate and rehydrate.
With the high humidity its hard for the body to cool itself because the primary mechanism is evaportation. when sweat evaporates from the skin, it removes heat. when the air is saturated, evaporation doesnt take place very well.

Glad you're ok. Take it easy, drink plenty of liquids and fish when you can.

Never drink those garbage sports drinks,they are all junk and do nothing but add tons of sugar and other carp to you.If your on BP meds your Doc should have advised you better then to drink such garbage.
Glad your OK,but you need to really up your game on what is really what regarding this issue.

thank the Lord you were alert enough to get the help you needed.take care of yourself my friend.

Gotta take care of yourself....need crappie catching to feel better..