Kolkata: Steady rise in mercury triggers heat ailments

Kolkata | Tuesday | 17th April, 2018

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If the warm spell continues, heat triggered diseases will turn more frequent. “Along with cramps, vomiting, dizziness and excessive sweating are the symptoms of heat exhaustion. Heat exhaustion needs to be fought with adequate fluid intake. It could pull the mercury down,” said GK Das, director of RMC.The spiraling mercury has been causing muscle cramps, a sign of heat exhaustion, said RN Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) consultant Arindam Biswas. The IMD Kolkata website has predicted the maximum temperature to rise up to 38°C by Wednesday..