Acclimating to high heat

[Anonymous]

Are there any tricks to this?

DH and DS hate the heat, have no problem with cold weather. Well DH does complain about the cold too but DS is fine. We lived in the DMV until the kids were around 10 and we’ve been in the Bay Area now for 8 hours. For the first year, we were amazed at how people ran to AC when it was 80 and put on puffer jackets for 50-60. Now after 8 years, we are weather wimps.

DS is now in Europe during a heat dome with temps around 98. Our last trip to Mexico, we also had a weird heat wave and he was miserable. The college he picked because it offered the best internships, public transportation, honors programs is in an area that has intense heat during the summer which bleeds into a few weeks in September, end of May and June.

Is there anything beyond drinking water that helps you acclimate to high heat?

[Anonymous]

Can he avoid going out at the hottest times of the day?

[Anonymous]

Avoid going out in the hottest part of the day. If he doesn't care what people think about him, neck fans and cooling towels.

I like cooling wipes as a refresher. I also find that staying out and letting my body adjust is much better than constantly taking breaks in the AC.

[Anonymous]

If he's healthy, he should acclimate. He needs to close shutters during the day, and aerate at night (unless he has A/C), eat cool foods, and avoid moving around too much in the hottest part of the day. If he does need to go out, wear a large-brimmed hat, and drink a lot of water, perhaps with some electrolytes.

One of my teens goes all red and has breathing problems, even in moderate, not intense heat. We're making a pulmonary-cardiological appointment for her with a specialist, because it's not normal at all.

[Anonymous]

He’s an 18 year old boy. Tell him to suck it up.

[Anonymous]

It just happens naturally with time. You just get used to it. I used to go to dance camp in July in Florida every summer.

[Anonymous]

I can't acclimate to it. I just spent a week with someone who is most comfortable with the thermostat at 80 and they put it down to 74 for me. I am comfortable at 65, so was uncomfortable for the entire visit.

I overheat and pass out and take about 10-12 hours to recover. All I can do is keep the blinds down, windows open, fans on and bowls of ice in front of fans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't acclimate to it. I just spent a week with someone who is most comfortable with the thermostat at 80 and they put it down to 74 for me. I am comfortable at 65, so was uncomfortable for the entire visit.

I overheat and pass out and take about 10-12 hours to recover. All I can do is keep the blinds down, windows open, fans on and bowls of ice in front of fans.

Do you have a medical condition? Only being comfortable at 65 does not sound normal to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It just happens naturally with time. You just get used to it. I used to go to dance camp in July in Florida every summer.

+1 My Canadian spouse moved to Asia for a few years. After 18 months (yes, it took a while), he stopped sweating buckets and became comfortable. Now we're back in the USA and it's taken a while to get used to having cold and seasons. No big advice other than to stay in the shade in the heat of the day, plan more active engagements in the earlier or later parts of the day, hydrate etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't acclimate to it. I just spent a week with someone who is most comfortable with the thermostat at 80 and they put it down to 74 for me. I am comfortable at 65, so was uncomfortable for the entire visit.

I overheat and pass out and take about 10-12 hours to recover. All I can do is keep the blinds down, windows open, fans on and bowls of ice in front of fans.

PP with the teen who can't tolerate heat. You should consult a doctor too, PP. My teen has passed out in heat, and feels very fatigued afterwards as well. But her new symptom is that now she can't breathe if she exercises even very moderately in any warm-ish conditions. She was diagnosed with asthma, but we want to refine the diagnosis, because the last time it happened it was 75F (!) and she was complaining of being way too hot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't acclimate to it. I just spent a week with someone who is most comfortable with the thermostat at 80 and they put it down to 74 for me. I am comfortable at 65, so was uncomfortable for the entire visit.

I overheat and pass out and take about 10-12 hours to recover. All I can do is keep the blinds down, windows open, fans on and bowls of ice in front of fans.

Do you have a medical condition? Only being comfortable at 65 does not sound normal to me.

Yes, my medical condition is that I overheat. I've been this way since preschool age. I can be okay outside at 70 if I'm on the shady side of the street and not in sunlight. But indoors at 74 I'm on the brink of breaking into a sweat, can't sleep comfortably even with a ceiling fan, and moving just a little slower than normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't acclimate to it. I just spent a week with someone who is most comfortable with the thermostat at 80 and they put it down to 74 for me. I am comfortable at 65, so was uncomfortable for the entire visit.

I overheat and pass out and take about 10-12 hours to recover. All I can do is keep the blinds down, windows open, fans on and bowls of ice in front of fans.

PP with the teen who can't tolerate heat. You should consult a doctor too, PP. My teen has passed out in heat, and feels very fatigued afterwards as well. But her new symptom is that now she can't breathe if she exercises even very moderately in any warm-ish conditions. She was diagnosed with asthma, but we want to refine the diagnosis, because the last time it happened it was 75F (!) and she was complaining of being way too hot.

Since my mom was the same way, and my brother is similar (though not as severe) doctors don't really think there's anything to be done. (It hurts when I do this. Then don't do that.) I know when my brother went to Europe in the summer he only stayed at places with AC.

[Anonymous]

I am from the south and used to go running at the peak heat of the day. I did not have AC in my classic ‘66 BMW and would sweat through my clothes on my way anywhere if I hadn’t done this. I

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't acclimate to it. I just spent a week with someone who is most comfortable with the thermostat at 80 and they put it down to 74 for me. I am comfortable at 65, so was uncomfortable for the entire visit.

I overheat and pass out and take about 10-12 hours to recover. All I can do is keep the blinds down, windows open, fans on and bowls of ice in front of fans.

PP with the teen who can't tolerate heat. You should consult a doctor too, PP. My teen has passed out in heat, and feels very fatigued afterwards as well. But her new symptom is that now she can't breathe if she exercises even very moderately in any warm-ish conditions. She was diagnosed with asthma, but we want to refine the diagnosis, because the last time it happened it was 75F (!) and she was complaining of being way too hot.

Sounds like POTS / dysautonomia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Is there anything beyond drinking water that helps you acclimate to high heat?

Get out in it. Immersion therapy so to speak. You get used to it quick, as long as you are healthy and not obese or have heart issues.