Specialized in Chest Diseases. Prof. Dr. Şevket Özkaya warned against the Eyyam-ı Bahur heat, which is expected to be effective in the first weeks of August, and said, “We know that this heat wave, which lasts from the first week to the second week of August, can affect especially the elderly, heart and lung patients with fatal consequences.”
Temperatures in Turkey this summer have been above seasonal norms. Authorities reminded that the Eyyam-ı Bahur heat will be effective in the country starting from the first weeks of August. Chest Diseases Specialist. Prof. Dr. Şevket Özkaya warned that there are patients in intensive care due to the heat.
“It can affect them enough to have fatal consequences”
Professor Dr. Özkaya said the following:
“We know that Eyyam-ı Bahur heat, also known as desert heat, will affect our country in the first week of August. We know that this heat wave, which lasts from the first week to the second week of August, can affect especially the elderly, heart and lung patients with fatal consequences. We know that after this heat wave, especially after the 2000s, many people died in Europe due to heart and lung diseases. We appeal to citizens. If you have heart and lung diseases, you should be especially careful in this hot weather. You should not go out during very hot hours. We ask you to heed the warnings of the authorities, especially the Ministry of Health, as much as possible. Hot weather will affect not only sick and elderly people but also normal people. It can also lead to instinctive impulses such as extreme stress, anxiety and aggression.”
“This hot and cold change is at the root of incidents of insanity and aggression”
Özkaya said, “We know that this hot and cold change is at the root of the incidents of homicide and aggression in our country. With this heat wave that will be experienced in the coming days, we want our elderly, heart and lung patients and normal citizens to be affected the least. In this 2-week period of deadly heat, we especially want lung and heart patients to take their medications regularly. We recommend them to be in contact with their relatives. With an attack that will occur, our patients may fall into intensive care.”
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