{"id":8849,"date":"2024-07-02T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=8849"},"modified":"2024-07-02T09:24:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:24:10","slug":"why-humid-weather-makes-us-exhausted-and-how-to-stay-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=8849","title":{"rendered":"Why Humid Weather Makes Us Exhausted and How to Stay Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Q: Humidity makes me tired, short-tempered and nauseous. Why don\u2019t I feel this way in drier heat? And how can I stay comfortable and safe?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s more than a feeling: Humid weather really is harder on your body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Humidity is a measure of water vapor in the air. And the hotter it gets, the more moisture the air can hold, said Jessica Lee, a public program coordinator at the National Weather Service. That\u2019s why a sweltering summer day can feel so much stickier than a foggy morning in the spring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">High humidity can also keep your body from cooling down effectively, which makes the heat more dangerous, too. But experts say there are ways to stay safe \u2014 and sane.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-2abb7758\">Why humidity feels so terrible<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The reason boils down to our go-to cooling mechanism: sweat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When your body overheats, it sends a mixture of water and salt to your skin\u2019s surface, where it exits your pores as sweat, said Dr. Anthony Mazzeo, a professor of emergency medicine at Penn Medicine. Sweat itself isn\u2019t what cools you down, though. It\u2019s the physics of evaporation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhen sweat evaporates, it removes heat from the body,\u201d said Dr. Rahul Sharma, the chief of emergency medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Liquid requires energy to vaporize. When sweat evaporates off our skin, it takes that energy from our body heat, cooling us down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The trouble with high humidity is that the air is already full \u2014 or almost full \u2014 of moisture, Dr. Mazzeo said. This keeps sweat from evaporating efficiently. When sweat can\u2019t evaporate, your body can\u2019t cool down. 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Why don\u2019t I feel this way in drier heat? And how can I stay comfortable and safe?It\u2019s more than a feeling: Humid weather really is harder on your body.Humidity is a measure of water vapor in the air. And the hotter it gets, the more moisture the air can hold, said Jessica Lee, a public program coordinator at the National Weather Service. That\u2019s why a sweltering summer day can feel so much stickier than a foggy morning in the spring.High humidity can also keep your body from cooling down effectively, which makes the heat more dangerous, too. But experts say there are ways to stay safe \u2014 and sane.Why humidity feels so terribleThe reason boils down to our go-to cooling mechanism: sweat.When your body overheats, it sends a mixture of water and salt to your skin\u2019s surface, where it exits your pores as sweat, said Dr. Anthony Mazzeo, a professor of emergency medicine at Penn Medicine. Sweat itself isn\u2019t what cools you down, though. It\u2019s the physics of evaporation.\u201cWhen sweat evaporates, it removes heat from the body,\u201d said Dr. Rahul Sharma, the chief of emergency medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Liquid requires energy to vaporize. When sweat evaporates off our skin, it takes that energy from our body heat, cooling us down.The trouble with high humidity is that the air is already full \u2014 or almost full \u2014 of moisture, Dr. Mazzeo said. This keeps sweat from evaporating efficiently. When sweat can\u2019t evaporate, your body can\u2019t cool down. And when you can\u2019t cool down, your body sweats even more.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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