Environmental and Lifestyle Factors
Your lifestyle and immediate environment play vital roles in making you feel feverish. Potential causes include:
- Taking hot beverages and foods
- Wrong temperature readings
- Consuming spicy foods
- Excessive caffeine or alcohol intake
Exercise can also make you feel feverish, especially if you work out in hot temperatures. When your body is unable to cool down in hot circumstance, humid conditions can elevate the chances of heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
Sunburn happens when the sun harms the skin, making it feel sore and hot. Heat exhaustion happens when you lose too much water and salt via sweating. It may lead to:
- Headache
- Dark urine
- Nausea or vomiting
- Fatigue or weakness
- Muscle cramps
- Dizziness or fainting
- Heavy Sweating
- Cold, clammy skin
If you have heat exhaustion, you should cool down by drinking fluids and staying away from any physical activity until you feel better. If you don’t cool down or get better, then medical assistance is needed immediately. Your body temperatures can increase to 103 degrees or more within 10 minutes if you have heat stroke. It should be treated immediately or the following may occur:
- Confusion
- Unconsciousness
- A fast or weak pulse
- Seizures
- Inability to sweat despite feeling hot
In some cases, high temperature or prolonged exposure to the sun can cause heat-related health diseases which include: sunburn, heat exhaustion and less frequently heatstroke. You should see a doctor if you or someone you know is showing symptoms of a heat stroke.