I recently talked to my acquaintance who is a Physician as well as somehow my pal and I got into the topic of heat in the winter as well as air conditioner in the summer.
I asked him in his medical opinion what is more important- having access to heat in the winter or having access to air conditioner in the summer? He first stated that it particularly depends on how cold it is in the winter as well as how hot as well as humid it is in the summer. Secondly, it is also dependent on the person’s age, health status, as well as tolerance for temperatures. He offered me some expensive information. To start, if someone is without heat in a chilly winter, it is possible that they can suffer from frostbite, hypothermia, trench foot, as well as chilbains. Some of these conditions can lead to death if they are not treated, especially hypothermia. Heat related illnesses such as heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat syncope, as well as heat rash can also potentially cause severe illness as well as even death if they are not treated. He said that if he particularly had to choice if air conditioner or heat was more important he would choose air conditioner only because it is a little harder to cool the body in some cases than it is to boiling the body. However, he stressed the importance of both heat as well as air conditioner especially for vulnerable populations! Babies as well as senior citizens should never be without heat as well as air conditioner in his medical opinion. It is really sad that there are people in our country that die from cold as well as heat related illnesses because of lack of access to heat as well as air conditioner.