Many workers and outdoor enthusiasts’ are exposed to temperature extremes throughout the day. Most of the time this is due to work, exercise or in my case, a circulatory disorder which can make me sweat profusely. My core temperature will suddenly drop, forcing my body to overcompensate by elevating and supercharging my body temperature which results in overheating. Living in a part of the world with massive temperature swings from -4˚F in the winter to 95˚F in the summer does not help me either, and is the primary reason that I began my research into resolving heat stress.
Heat stress arises from a variety of both environmental and physical elements. It can be due to extreme outdoors temperature, lack of climate controlled environments and wearing apparel that doesn’t breathe, to over-taxing the body until it exhausts itself, which can lead from mild discomfort to death.