why is someone more prone to have heat exhaustion and low potassium?
my boyfriend works in construction and within a month he’s went to the emergency room twice because of heat exhaustion. The first time the doctor said be sure to drink plenty of gatorade and foods high in potassium and thats exactly what he’s been doing more than ever and just yesterday he had to go back to the emergency room and again his potassium was low, lower than the first time. So why do you think he’s the only one out of the rest of the crew that get so bad off? i know heat exhaustion is the main reason his body cramps up severly to where he can’t walk or talk and his vision just about goes completely out but could there be something below the surface that makes him and no one else so prone to all this happening?
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Maybe, maybe not. He needs to set up with a personal physician to look at his risk factors. Lighter skin people tend to do worse in the intense heat. Some people lack the same amount of sweat glands as others, lowering their ability to cool.