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How dangerous are high temperatures?

2023-07-21 09:24:08Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

How dangerous are high temperatures?

High temperatures and heat, which will continue over the next few days, can cause serious illness up to death.

Dozens of cities across southern Europe have been gripped by heat waves. Authorities warn of extreme temperatures that will continue over the next few days.

According to statistics, last year from the end of May to September, high temperatures caused the death of about 62 thousand Europeans. The highest number was recorded in Italy, with over 18 thousand lives lost, followed by Spain, Greece and Germany.

The elderly are most at risk

Extreme heat can cause worsening of cardiovascular or respiratory diseases. Anyone who stays in the sun for a long time risks getting burned. And who stays for a long time in high temperatures risks hyperthermia, a condition similar to fever.

The skin and brain tissue are also irritated by extreme heat and can cause so-called aseptic meningitis, a brain infection that is not caused by any bacteria. This sun stroke is isolated heat stroke.

According to researchers, the most affected are the elderly, especially those over 65 years old.

What is in store for this summer?

Experts say the weather is likely to get even hotter. And that means potentially even more deadly.

So far, this summer has broken records: with the hottest June and the hottest week ever recorded in the world in early July. Global climate change is causing temperatures to rise around the world. But in Europe, temperatures have risen twice as fast as the global average.

Measures for adaptation to heat

Experts say governments should immediately take heat prevention and adaptation measures to protect those at risk.

This includes, for example, improving notifications about heat waves and making public spaces with air conditioning available, which would help prevent up to 100,000 premature heat-related deaths./ DW


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