The sun lifts your mood, treats seasonal depression, relieves stress, improves sleep, helps produce vitamin D. When it’s sunny and warm outside. It is easier for us to cope with stress and experience negative events.
And now - about the cons. Excessive exposure to the sun causes early photoaging - the skin becomes flabby and dehydrated. If you sunbathe for too long or just stay in the sun without protection, you can get a sunburn very quickly. One of the negative consequences of excessive exposure is an allergy to the sun. The most serious consequences of sun rays are cancer. More and more people are suffering from melanoma.
Symptoms of overheating: headache, nausea, dizziness, weakness, irritability, thirst, increased sweating, increased body temperature.
Symptoms of heat stroke (this condition requires medical attention): body temperature rapidly rises (up to 40-41ºC in 10-15 minutes), confusion, hot, dry skin.
First aid:
- Cool room.
- Cool compress, but not cold! You can wrap yourself in a damp sheet. Under no circumstances should you use ice.
- Drink plenty of fluids (the water should not be cold).
How to benefit from the sun?
- Stay in the sun before 10.00 and after 17.00 - at this time the sun is safe for health. - If you have a large number of moles on your body, then it is best to completely avoid tanning.
- Wear a hat and loose, light-colored, closed clothing, especially after sunburn.
- Drink enough fluids.
- Avoid sharp temperature contrasts.
- Beware of air conditioners and drafts.
- Wear sunglasses.
- Use special sunscreens 30 minutes before going out into the sun. The maximum allowable time can be calculated as follows: if the cream has an SPF index of 12, then multiply 12 by 10 and get 120 minutes.
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