IKPK again comes up with high temperatures protection advice

The high temperatures marking these days negatively affect the human organism, especially among the elderly. By being exposed to the sun for a long time, we can suffer shocks from the heat leading to dehydration of the organism with corrosion, vomiting, diarrheal disorders, frying, and skin burns by complicating the cardiovascular system to renal insulin.

The recommended safeguard clauses, according to the National Institute of Public Health in Kosovo, for the health of elderly people during exposure to high air temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit [30 ° C], especially for older people with cardiovascular diseases and other chronic diseases are:

Older persons should not be exposed to the sun's rays at the time range of 10:17 a.m., especially the elderly with heart disease or diabetes;

As the elderly leave home, they must be forced to protect their heads with hats or headscarves, their clothing should be thin, comfortable, linen, or cotton, and light colour;

It is vital that you take two liters of liquid during the day, whether it's eight cups of water or soup or tea; it should also pass over the fried, salty, or sweet, or abundant, food and seasonal vegetables;

Besides medical advice on the use of drugs, the most frequent measurement of arterial tension is necessary for older people;

The appearance of headaches, pain, dizziness, and dehydration, the drying of the mouth and skin are alarming signs for the elderly, especially when he is sick and has functional disabilities; then surely the geriatric patient should be reported to his family doctor or to the nearest emergency center;

Family members, friends, neighbours and NGO members who care for the elderly during the hot summer months should more often contact the elderly, and in cases of functional disabilities several times during the day;

If you go out of the home/house where you live, the elderly should be obliged to carry with him basic information, name and surname, birth year, residence address, phone number of the contact person who can be contacted about this elderly person;

Most important is maintaining personal hygiene and the environment of the elderly, and monitoring the use of drugs in a regular manner;

The physical and psychic activity of the elderly is maintained as the constant walking takes place in the early hours of the morning or in the evening;

If the elderly person has difficulty moving because of functional inadequacy, then there should be multiple - hour ventilation in the areas where the old man is staying.