KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has called on Malaysians to be alert towards early signs of heat stroke in the wake of the current hot and dry weather.
Its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah told Bernama heat stroke happens when the body temperature exceeds 40.5 degree Celcius. A normal human being’s temperature is at 37.0 degree Celcius.
“Among the early symptoms of a heat stroke are a throbbing headache, nausea, lack of perspiration despite the hot weather and a fast pulse,” he said. — Bernama