It is understood that the elderly home decoration has an air conditioner, but he did not turn it on because he did not feel very hot and was afraid of getting " air conditioner disease ". Doctors say that older people are less sensitive to heat than younger people.
Dr. Zhong, deputy director of the Critical Care Center of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that body temperature is controlled by the hypothalamus. As age increases, the function of the hypothalamus decreases. In fact, the body temperature of the elderly will be slightly lower than that of young people. In this process, The sensitivity of its regulatory centers will also decrease.
Therefore, non-exertional heat stroke is more common in the elderly and infants.
[Source: Lizhi Video]
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