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Tomorrow morning the melon-tasting will be to further promote its use against the strong heat

The councilors of Health and the Mayor of the City of Lorca, Antonio Lopez and Maria Carmen Ruiz, have described as "resounding success" beginning this morning in the campaign to prevent heat stroke, which has been timed to coincide with the second edition Fair "Lorca Healthy", already has surpassed all expectations of attendees and the figures achieved last year.

Antonia Lopez and M ª Carmen Ruiz been kicked out of this information campaign, with the cast of about 30 watermelon cut into pieces, more than 300 bottles of water and brochures.

The promotion of consumption of fruit and liquid continues tomorrow through a tasting of melons "Grandpa" and water in the stand of the Department of Health in that fair.

The campaign will be extended to next Thursday at the weekly market in the Garden of The Wheel, which also will deal with water, juice and sunscreen for adults and children.

In this campaign, with the collaboration of several companies, working in a coordinated way the councils of the Mayor and Health, to warn of "heat stroke and sunburn.

The Consistory has advanced the campaign in previous years by the anticipation of a particularly hot summer.

Antonia Lopez indicated that "the City Council believe that this campaign has yielded positive results in previous years and therefore we are committed to develop it this year.

For the implementation of this initiative have provided a wide range of information leaflets that provide, among other recommendations, advice to people on how to act in the hours when temperatures reach their highest registers. "

Lopez has reported that "on Thursday of next week we plan to conduct a new day of awareness which will stage the weekly market.

This is an initiative that we will repeat previous years, since we are talking about a place where many people congregate in order to make their everyday purchases.

For Thursday, June 23, beyond the distribution of leaflets, we will proceed to deliver bricks of juice, an act for which we sponsored by Eroski Almenara.

The mayor of Major Policy, Mari Carmen Ruiz, said that "this campaign will be aimed to raise awareness of the special way to our major adverse effects have the heat and sun when the temperature extremes recorded the arrival summer.

The elderly, along with children and outdoor workers are the group most susceptible to suffer the dreaded heat stroke and sunburn to suffer the skin.

It is recalled that the heat does not affect all people equally, as there are groups more sensitive to the effects of high temperatures.

In this context we find people over 65 and children under 4, which is in addition to people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, respiratory diseases or mental disabilities, workers and people exposed to the sun, and people treatment with drugs such as diuretics, beta blockers and antidepressants, and obese people.

Exposure to excessive temperatures may cause health problems such as cramps, dehydration, sunstroke, heat stroke and sunburn.

This year we will also use the traffic light panels that exist in our village to send tips to avoid heatstroke.

This year, based on the forecasts we consulted and we anticipate a particularly hot summer, the City Council of Lorca we decided to anticipate in time and intensify our campaign of awareness. "

Municipal sources have stressed that human exposure to high ambient temperatures may cause an alteration of our vital functions in the event that our body is not able to compensate for temperature variations.

In fact, a very high temperature leads to loss of water and electrolytes that are necessary for normal functioning of various organs. "

From City Hall, as measures to prevent heat stroke, especially in the elderly and children, had to avoid direct exposure to the sun in the hottest hours of the day, to accompany our seniors living alone, avoid sunburn by applying barrier creams solar, avoiding physical activity in the middle of the day, drink water frequently, cover their heads with hats or caps, to avoid hot foods and slow digestion, wearing sunglasses, no alcohol, increased consumption of fruits and vegetables and lightweight clothing and footwear.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca