We are fast heading for summer again and it has come round so quick. Be woken up by your alarm in the summer is just not as bad as it is in the winter, simply because its lovely and bright instead of dark and dismal. But a lot of people have forgotten about the worst cold snap in a decade that Britain suffered this winter which saw many elderly people unfortunately fail to survive.

 

Almost 30,000 people died this winter due to low temperatures; do not get me wrong the UK is not the coldest country. In fact coldest city in the globe, Yakutsk in east Siberia, has no exceeded winter deaths, even though temperatures there can drop to minus 49C. It is because our bodies in the UK have got so used to technology and everything about it.

 

Our bodies have learnt to rely on homes heated to the maximum. But when you get old and frail it becomes a lot harder to keep your heating oil topped up and your boiler switched on. So what basically occurs is that the aged folk go to bed and forget to switch on the central heating, which then makes their bodies frozen by the time they awake and this is when death occurs.

 

The deaths are not caused by pure hyperthermia but instead are due to strokes and heart attacks being brought on by the drop in temperature over night. So have a lovely summer but if you are elderly then remember that before the summer comes to an end you should sort out your heating oil or get a family member to help you out if you are having trouble. But just do not leave it until its too late, as you will most probably end up regretting it.

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