[lit-ideas] Re: It's not the heat, it's the heat

Robert Paul, the estimable exercise physiologist and gerontologist, reveals:

>older people, because of skin changes, have fewer sweat glands and 
>therefore sweat less,

ck: AHA! That's it! I haven't been sweating the way I used to, as of this 
year. My head sweats (face and scalp), but that's about it. Tonight it's 
cooler and more humid, though, and I'm sweating a bit more. Not much, but a 
bit. I've noticed this before--more humidity, more sweating. (The humidity 
here in Fresno is only about ten percent when the temperature is 110.)

Could it be that my head sweat cools off before I have a chance to perceive 
its presence?

At any rate, I guess I'm older than I thought, and more at risk. Wonder if 
taking prednisone increases my susceptibility to heat stroke--and reduces 
the sweat.

Warning to J. Kreuger:
The heat spell that just left Fresno is traveling towards your part of the 
country. Ice it up!

Carol
 



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