How You Can Prevent Any Heat Exhaustion While Running by Lynsey Carter
One of our body's primary roles is for it's core temperature to remain at 98degrees F. Heat exhaustion, some would call it dehydration, occurs when our body's sweating cannot cool down to this temperature. Our body will try to do what it can by sweating or by sweat evaporation, but when our body cannot perform this action, it can lead to overheating and developing heat exhaustion while running especially.

Athletes may suffer a loss of performance of up to 30% and experience

* flushing;

* low endurance;

* rapid heart rate;

* elevated body temperature;

* and rapid onset of fatigue.

Dehydration symptoms generally become noticeable after 2% of a person's normal water volume has been lost.

Initially, you will experience thirst and discomfort, possibly along with some loss of appetite and dry skin.

Symptoms of mild dehydration include -

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