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What is the best thing to do if you get sick from too much sun? |
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First, get out of the sun and stay out of it for several days.
Second, water lots of it, in you, on you and more in you.If you are dehydrated, drink three times as much water (at room temperature - cold water will make you sicker) as you think you need.
Continue over the next three days to drink an eight ounce glass of water at the very least once an hour you are awake. Once you have been dehydrated, you will forever be prone to having it happen again, so carry water with you. And NO, drinking anything else does not count. In fact for every cup of coffee, tea, or cola or any other drink containing caffeine, you should drink an extra glass of water... same goes for alcohol.
If you are sunburned, a mild burn (redness and tenderness) get yourself into a tub of room temperature water... NO a shower will not do... then apply aloe jell to the affected area and if you have no trouble with aspirin. take a couple.
For a medium case of sunburn, (redness with blistering) wet cloths on the affected areas, DO NOT break the blisters, as above if you can, take aspirin. Aloe vera, jell is still you best bet, unless applying it pulls the skin too much, in which case make an infusion of callendula petals with a drop or two of either tea tree oil or lavender oil (both are anti-septic) and add this to the water you are wetting your cloths with.
If the burn is very bad, go to the hospital.
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