Telangana health department warns of heatstroke symptoms as temperatures set to rise further

With temperatures expected to emergence further implicit the adjacent 3 days, the Telangana Health Department connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) warned citizens to ticker for symptoms specified arsenic confusion, seizures, accelerated heartbeat and assemblage temperatures supra 40℃, each of which could bespeak terrible heat-related unwellness requiring contiguous aesculapian attention.

In an advisory issued by the Directorate of Public Health and Family Welfare, the section said the India Meteorological Department (IMD), has forecast a gradual summation of 2℃ to 3℃ successful maximum temperatures crossed Telangana implicit the coming days. This is the 3rd heatwave advisory issued by the wellness section this summer.

The advisory cautioned radical against venturing outdoors betwixt 12 noon and 3 p.m., erstwhile vigor vulnerability is astatine its peak. Citizens were besides advised to debar strenuous carnal enactment during the day and not locomotion barefoot outdoors.

The Health Department urged radical to enactment hydrated by drinking capable h2o adjacent if they are not thirsty and recommended utilizing Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS), citrus water, buttermilk, and effect juices to forestall dehydration. People travelling outdoors person been advised to transportation h2o bottles. The advisory besides encouraged depletion of seasonal fruits and vegetables with precocious h2o content, including watermelon, musk melon, oranges, grapes, pineapples and cucumbers.

The section further advised citizens to stay indoors arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable successful chill and well-ventilated areas. Households were told to support windows and curtains closed during the daytime, particularly connected the sunny broadside of houses, and unfastened them during the nighttime to let cooler aerial circulation.

Among the information signs listed by the Health Department were nausea, vomiting, blistery and adust skin, throbbing headache, dizziness, fainting, musculus cramps, accelerated heartbeat and accelerated shallow breathing.