After a rainy few weeks the sun has decided
to reappear over Barcelona, which is great! But it can cause some problems....
Here are some things you should do to help
prevent these problems:
1. Stay hydrated!
In summer it’s hotter and
your body needs to cool down. It does this by sweating- the sweat evaporates
from your skin and cools you down. You need to drink lots of water to replace
the water that you sweat.
If you don’t, your body
will become dehydrated, which will give you a headache. If you get severely
dehydrated it can damage some of your organs. You don’t want this!
2. Wear sun cream!
Sunlight contains UV
radiation; we need some of this to produce vitamin D to make our bones strong,
but too much can cause sun burn. This is bad because sun burn can increase your
risk of skin cancer.
Tanning is the melanin in
your skin cells turning darker because of the UV radiation, this reduces how
much the UV rays can penetrate your skin and potentially damage the DNA in your
cells. Paler people have less melanin,
so are more likely to burn.
Sun burn is when your skin
has received too much UV radiation and it starts to damage the DNA in the skin
cells on the surface.
Sun cream can prevent this
from happening. SPF (sun protection factor) is how many times longer you can
stay in the sun before you burn. So if you use a low SPF (like factor 15) you
need to apply it more often than if you use a high factor (like factor 50). It
needs to be applied regularly to work and if you wash it off by going in the
sea or in a pool then you should reapply it.
Last year #SunburnTattoo
was trending. Don’t do this.... It’s really dangerous and will increase your
risk of skin cancer!!
Wear sun glasses!
Buy a pair that protects
against both UVA and UVB radiation to completely protect your eyes. The retina
at the back of your eye can be damaged by exposure to UV radiation, which can
cause blindness, so never look
directly at the sun- even with sunglasses on!
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Wear a hat!
This can stop your head from
getting too hot, which could cause heat exhaustion or- worse- sun stroke. The
symptoms of heat exhaustion are weakness, nausea, vomiting, feeling
light-headed and muscle cramps. This can be treated by going to a cool, shaded place
and drinking water or a sports drink. If it is left too long and the body
temperature is more than 41ºC it can progress to sun stroke, which is life
threatening and needs emergency medical attention.
Follow these rules and you’ll be fully
prepared for the summer sun! Happy tanning...
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