What impact do high temperatures have on our bodies?
Healthy people should be able to cope with a heatwave by using common sense - but some are at greater risk.
It is also crucial to be able to recognise you are too hot and then be able to do something about it. Diuretics increase the amount of water the body expels. They are taken widely, including for heart failure. In high temperatures, they increase the dangers of dehydration and imbalances in key minerals in the body.
And other drugs such as lithium or statins can become more concentrated and problematic in the blood if there is too much fluid loss.There are about 2,000 deaths caused by high temperatures in England every year.
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