Your heart works harder
To release heat, your blood vessels are broadened in a process known as vasodilation. These dilated blood vessels bring heat directly to the skin surface, where it can disappear in the air. However, this release of heat occurs with a costs, because wider blood vessels lower your blood pressure, which means that your heart has to pump faster to make the blood flow. This puts much more pressure on your cardiovascular system. In a dried -out condition, especially with existing blood circulation problems, this tension can increase your risk of dizziness, heart palpitations and fainting.
In some cases your blood vessels can expand to the point of leakage in the surrounding tissue, known as a heat edema. Usually harmless, this effect can actually be extremed and swollen extremities such as hands and feet.
You lose important minerals
Those electrolytes in your aforementioned sweat are pretty important. Sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium are all the properties that make sweat salt, but they are also essential for muscle contraction, nerve signaling and liquid balance. Losing a large amount of them can be dangerous.
When electrolytes are lost due to sweat and not being replaced, your body is emptied and muscle cramps, fatigue and even confusion can slow you to the pace of a snail. Water contains smaller quantities of these electrolytes, but those who do intense physical activity under the sparkle of the sun can consider supplementing themselves with mineral -rich water. Athletes need electrolytes!
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