Getting sick because of the heat?

Question

OK, so it was very hot yesterday....more than 102 degrees F....and I did the best I could with water, food, air conditioning, and so on. I never allowed myself to get hungry or dehydrated....and believe me, I KNOW when I am dehydrated because the veins in my hands stick out....and they weren't doing that last night. I didn't get the auras that you often see with heat exhaustion, either, but I was nauseous as hell and ended up vomiting at one point. I had been out of the air-conditioed room for about an hour; but as I said, I wasn't dehydrated and HAD eaten well. Could the vomiting still have been caused by the heat, even though I wasn't having dehydration symptoms? Or do you think maybe it was just something I ate?

My stomach was bugging me for about 8-10 hours, but I only vomited a couple of times.

Hehe....sorry for the gross-out!

Answer 1

Go on a liquid diet, try juicing but still to mainly veggie juices (use apple to sweeten the taste). You'll stay hydrated and nourished without the perpetual feeling that any moment you're about to toss your cookies. Helps you breathe easier too!

Answer 2

I experienced a great deal of this when I moved farther south. I found I had to take in a HUGE amount of water every day or I would get sick or get a headache. In the future, try to drink an ounce for every two pounds you weigh. Don't drink much more than that or the results can be deadly.
That said, you could have eaten something bad or gotten a mild virus. There is no way to know. I'd just stay hydrated so you know if it is food or a virus in the future. Keeping a cool wet cloth around your neck helps some, too. Good luck and best wishes.

Answer 3

I lived in the desert for 5 years, (It got well into the 120 degrees) and absolutely you can get sick from the heat. Actually, I ate less when it was hot. I learned that when I ate more I got sick...I think it was the combo of food and heat. From now on when it's really hot, eat a little less and don't eat the foods that may bother your more...no fried foods and try to do without meat and dairy as that's harder to digest (and I found those foods aggravated my stomach when I was hot.) It seems like you are drinking plenty of water, which is great.
Good luck to you, I hope it doesn't return, but if it does, see the doc. maybe it's something more than heat.

Answer 4

I think it was probably the heat. If it was something you ate you would have been throwing up much longer and did anyone else eat the same thing as you because they would have been sick too. Also if there was a big jump in the temperature, that could make you sick because you aren't use to the heat.

Answer 5

It was just heat exhaustion. Be grateful you live in a place where there is relief from the heat. I've had similar conditions in a place where there was zero air conditioning. I had to just chill out with a fan and cool rags. I thought I was going to die.

Answer 6

I have always been nauseous during the hottest part of the summer. When I was a kid, I'd see Daddy drink a beer in the evening during August. He said it settled his upset stomach during hot weather. I tried it and it does help. Neither of us ever drank any other time. This summer's been a scorcher so far and I've suffered too.

Answer 7

in the adventure that your physique cant safeguard homestasis than ya its a extensive project in spite of the undeniable fact that it should be very heat and you will desire to be very hydrated and you will desire to stay out a on an identical time as. your physique would desire to be waiting to maintain you in healthful warmth tiers internally as long as you furnish it with adequate water.

Answer 8

it could just be a combination of the heat and something you ate.
too much heat makes me sick, too. i absolutley hate hot weather!