Is this a symptom of a heatstroke?

[Douglas]

I'm a streetworker, and during the day, when it gets hot, I start getting light-headed as I work. When I drink down some cold water, it seems to make the light-headedness worse. After the day is over with and I go home, the faintness goes away, but is followed by a severe headache and tiredness. It leaves me to tired to box or anything. Is this a sign of a near heatstroke? (Not an actual one, but coming close to having one)?

[Scrap]

Where you from, what,s your job. sounds like it could be, are you covering head and neck. In hot weather you should be drinking a litre every 2 hours in a manual job. making sure you put the salts back into your body, Ateaspoon every litre. Make sure you are covered from the sun.

[AdamGB]

street worker? as in like a road worker? Block paving/flagging/concreting/tarmacing etc?

I used to do all that... just drink regular and snack often, its most likely dehydration and low energy levels... I used to sometimes get like that when I only drank at lunch and break time... then I would take like 3-4 litres of water to work with me in the summer... :P

Also... only have your dust mask on if you need it, if its a good mask... it filters some O2 out aswell which can make you slowly get light headed.

[AdamGB]

its Vodka isn't it? is it not because you are underweight? If you don't have energy reserves (fat and glyogen) its only natural you're going to feel light headed.

How much do you eat... a 6 foot 3 bloke who does a manual job and trains is gonna need a shite load of Kcals to maintain his natural weight...

[X]

No, it could be a symptom of laziness though. Where do you get cold water from? and is it only during official breaks? I bet that it is not the cold water that is making you light headed, it is the Scotch in the water, plus you are sniffing the epoxy again, aren't you?

If you are not severely tired when you get home every day, then you have not worked hard enough during the day, and your wages should be docked.

you need to join the RMT and go on strike, it is clearly unfair to expect you to actually work hard.

I retract all my comments, if you misstyped your job title, and are actually a street WALKER. In that case you need to drink more hand shandys

Yours sincerely

John Prescott

[AdamGB]

Prescott for primeinister

When I wanted water... if we where on a job where we where aloud to tap into the water main I was sorted... as long as there wasn't a load of shite around the hydrant and the jack was clean... same stuff you get in your house you know...




































Check the bottle... it could fill up with grit :P let the pipe run through for a few seconds first.






























if the water is black don't drink it!!!!!!

[Heavy D]

More likely heat fatigue. Heat strokes would have you puking and whatnot. Just buck up and drink more liquids.

[Douglas]

street worker? as in like a road worker? Block paving/flagging/concreting/tarmacing etc?

I used to do all that... just drink regular and snack often, its most likely dehydration and low energy levels... I used to sometimes get like that when I only drank at lunch and break time... then I would take like 3-4 litres of water to work with me in the summer... :P

Also... only have your dust mask on if you need it, if its a good mask... it filters some O2 out aswell which can make you slowly get light headed.

Yep. Flagging, asphalt patching, etc. (I'm trying to get my Class B's so I can drive the dumptruck mostly and get out of doing that aggravating work )

I started drinking a lot more, and I don't feel light-headed anymore. It wouldn't hurt to eat more, too.

[AdamGB]

street worker? as in like a road worker? Block paving/flagging/concreting/tarmacing etc?

I used to do all that... just drink regular and snack often, its most likely dehydration and low energy levels... I used to sometimes get like that when I only drank at lunch and break time... then I would take like 3-4 litres of water to work with me in the summer... :P

Also... only have your dust mask on if you need it, if its a good mask... it filters some O2 out aswell which can make you slowly get light headed.

Yep. Flagging, asphalt patching, etc. (I'm trying to get my Class B's so I can drive the dumptruck mostly and get out of doing that aggravating work )

I started drinking a lot more, and I don't feel light-headed anymore. It wouldn't hurt to eat more, too.

I could never have been in one of those wagons all day :P get me a pile of crete and a shovel and I'd be happy :P









































unless its pissing it down.