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[sebastienne]

the symptoms of heat exhaustion:

* heavy sweating
* paleness
* muscle cramps
* tiredness
* weakness
* dizziness
* headache
* nausea or vomiting
* fainting

well, that was pleasant.

admittedly, it's my own fault, as apparently it's caused by an electrolyte imbalance and i'd spent all day running around in the heat filling myself with sugar and not much else.

Comments

[hildabeast.livejournal.com]

hey hon, hope you are feeling a bit better, make sure you just rest and drink plenty of water to re-hydrate. see you tomorrow maybe, if not then tuesday for our first performance! *hugs*

[mundi-gaudium.livejournal.com]

Oh! Poor sebastienne - *hugs cautiously, because it's just too hot* Next time, remember the fluids!

I have managed to burn my feet, and only my feet, bright red while rehearsing for 'Narnia'. Am never, ever going to laugh at English people having sun-related mishaps again.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

I'm confident you didn't demonstrate heavy sweating because you were too dehydrated to sweat, darling. Please be sure to drink enough water! [pours Lucozade down emma's throat]

[mejoff.livejournal.com]

Drink lots of water
sleep
feel better

hugs

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Oh, you poor dear! What they all said: buckets of water!

[chrisvenus]

The vomiting is bad but to be honest I'd expect the rest from LARPing in lots of heat. On seeing how much water we got through I seriously think we would happily have worked with twice as much so may try to bring some along next time.

Certainly if I hadn't gone to lengths to rehydrate myself sufficiently I'd expect weakness, dizziness and possibly paleness. Muscle cramps and tiredness sound like a regulare larp after effect. So yeah. Vomitting is bad but the rest is quite normal. If you can call it normal.. :)

[the-whybird.livejournal.com]

Shit. Hope you get better soon. Lots of water, lots and lots of water.

[mousey13.livejournal.com]

it maybe a bit late now, but just drinking water is not the best thing. too much of it all at once may well be what made you sick. you need to replace the salts lost as well as the fluids. you can get re-hydration sachets from a chemist which have the salts that you need, but a cheaper way to do it is to make up about a pint of squash and just add table salt (the squash is there to disguise the taste!). and sip it slowly so that your stomach has a chance to absorb all the bits it needs. then lots of water and sleep!

[athalassia.livejournal.com]

Awww, I hope you're feelin better today! I'm sure we'll all remember for the future apple juice and haribo don't mix! *hugs*