This summer’s Truesdale Health Blog series will focus on summer heat problems; specifically, the dangers of excessive heat and the conditions it can precipitate, and some of the factors that place us at risk for them.

In Summer Sense, Volume 1, we talked about the different mechanisms the body uses to lose excess heat, the environmental conditions that can cause them to not work, and the resulting heat-related illnesses that can arise.

In Summer Sense Volume 1, we talked about the different mechanisms the body uses to lose excess heat, the environmental conditions that can cause them to not work, and the resulting heat-related illnesses that can arise. In Summer Sense Volume 2, we discussed some of the conditions and medications that can make one prone to develop a heat-related illness.