I’m a doctor and this is why heatwaves are more unbearable in UK | Weather | News

Britain sees scorching hot temperatures this weekend, predictions said that the mercury can rise up to 35C in the coming days. The British are sometimes mocked for their complaints about the cooking conditions of the country in the summer months, considering that temperatures are often much higher in some parts of the mainland.

However, a healthcare expert shows that the British people are not extremely sensitive to the heat and that hot air is particularly unbearable on our shores. NHS Surgeon Dr Karan Rajan, Tiktok’u health problems and those who explain about the body, this issue in June last year on the channel discussed.

In response to another creator complaining about the heat, he raised the following question: neden Why does the heat in England feel warmer than you? ”

Millions of followers, “Except that the British love to complain about everything, including air, there are several rational explanations for this perception of temperature,” he said.

A key factor is moisture in addition to heat, which can make you feel much warmer and sticky than dry heat.

In the case of the UK, the problem of “relative moisture” described is “the amount of moisture in the air compared to the maximum amount of moisture that air can hold at this temperature”.

“In the UK, relative moisture is higher than countries with dry heat. This makes it difficult for our body to cool because sweat does not evaporate, so you feel warm and sticky like frying barbecue pigs.

“Therefore, 35 degrees in a dry climate, a place with a high relative moisture can feel more comfortable than 25 degrees.”

The healthcare specialist also says that the construction of British houses is not doing any favor when the temperatures increase.

“In the UK, buildings are designed to protect heat because the weather is often cold, cumbersome and stupid,” he explained.

“The same insulation, which helps to save energy in winter, makes buildings a greenhouse in summer, especially without air conditioning, especially in the UK houses. On the contrary, buildings in warmer climates are designed to remain cool.

“Even with thick walls, large windows, sometimes with window shutters and colorful coatings in buildings to mislead heat.”

But in the same way, he jokes, “The British are very bad in dealing with heat, colds and rain”.

A user who commented on the video that month, acknowledged that heat felt different in the UK: “I was from Spain and 45C in the summer months I worked better than the 27C we live in today.”

Another wrote: “In the summer, I lived in a different country for at least 30 to 36C and 25 years in the summer. It was good. 25C in England and I die … The Sun burns like hell compared to my house.”

Others are more suspicious, in one article: “I think some British need to visit Houston in August.”

The steep increase in temperatures can be dangerous, especially for elderly people or underlying health conditions.

UK Health Safety Agency (Ukhsa) and met Office amber heat health warning (Hha) For a yellow warning for five regions and two regions in the UK.

Both Eastern Midlands, South East, South West, London and the east of the East of the Amber Alert, as well as Yorkshire and Humber yellow warning and West Midlands will be on Tuesday, July 1 at 18.00.

UKHSA warnings warn that health and social care workers, including the possibility of death, affect their services from weather conditions.

You can read Ukhsa’s cool and safe clues During hot air.