Dr Michael Mosley goes missing during hike on Greek island

Rroff said:
I'd lean towards it being from disease especially if you didn't stick to bottled water - various colleagues have visited that part of the world over the years and either them or one or more of their family have inevitably ended up with something due to water/food or ended up with dengue fever or the likes.
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Interestingly, thanks to global warming, the Tiger mosquitoes that carry Dengue fever have recently been found in Kent. Dengue outbreaks have been rising in Europe in recent years, with eight incidents of multiple infections reported in France, two in Italy and two in Spain.
 
ANDREW GREEN said:
Incredibly fit world class athletes in their 20s trained in high heat environments, maybe. But older people regularly die from heat stroke in this level of heat. Dr MM's male family members died out of nowhere in their early 70s. So going for a walk in said heat was a very bad idea and he was already unwell before he undertook the walk.

I'd add when I was 13/14 I visited Malawi and went on a few hour long road trip 1 day. During and after this trip I became very very light headed and very sick for about a week. It's hard to say, but I think it was the heat and not a virus.
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He's not alone there are two other people currently missing after going on walks/hikes a dutch person and a US national. The place is going to get a reputation for knocking off its visitors record breaking heat last year and this doesn't help the Acropolis had to be shut today due to heat along with schools

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Visitors to Greece appear ill informed about heatwave risk, warn rescuers

Call for better trail signage and backing for walking clubs as concerns grow over tourists encountering searing heat
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Blackjack Davy said:
He's not alone there are two other people currently missing after going on walks/hikes a dutch person and a US national. The place is going to get a reputation for knocking off its visitors record breaking heat last year and this doesn't help the Acropolis had to be shut today due to heat along with schools

www.theguardian.com

Visitors to Greece appear ill informed about heatwave risk, warn rescuers

Call for better trail signage and backing for walking clubs as concerns grow over tourists encountering searing heat
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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It's a wonder people still bother going when they're unlikely to be able to even go outside.
 
ANDREW GREEN said:
It sounds like he was already in trouble when he left the beach. Maybe even your average doctor doesn't realise it is though
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There are a lot of conditions that when they affect the brain, even if you're trained in spotting the symptoms in others you may not spot it in yourself as by the time you're actively suffering from whatever it is, your cognitive functions are already impaired.
IIRC it's why a lot of training for certain jobs or places might emphasise not only how to hopefully spot the earliest signs in yourself (but you need to be actively bearing it in mind), but the need to watch out for it in others and to work in pairs/groups.

It's one of the nastier things about pretty much anything that affects the brain, be it an injury, lack of oxygen*, heatstroke/hyperthermia, diabetes (high/low sugar), or even "just" a UTI, you may not realise anything is seriously wrong but someone else might be calling 999 whilst you're arguing that you're fine (and continue arguing as the paramedics are loading you into the ambulance).

*Particularly nasty as IIRC the human body has no way to detect a lack of oxygen and you can be out of action extremely fast.
 
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moon man said:
You made me grab a water tbh as I tend not to drink enough, well a flask of tea but sometimes will do a full shift without a pee and it gets full on hot in the summer in basically an old. cowshed (bottling gin)
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I would kindly suggest you start drinking lots more fluid, especially in the morning to help flush your system as you are setting yourself up to get something like kidney stones etc by not taking on enough fluids.

A while back a guy next to me in the gym suddenly bent over double in excruciating pain. His friends took him straight to A&E. A few weeks later I saw him again and he explained they found he had kidney stones ostensibly from not drinking enough fluids. He said the pain was the worst thing he had ever experienced.
 
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MartinPrince said:
I would kindly suggest you start drinking lots more fluid, especially in the morning to help flush your system as you are setting yourself up to get something like kidney stones etc by not taking on enough fluids.

A while back a guy next to me in the gym suddenly bent over double in excruciating pain. His friends took him straight to A&E. A few weeks later I saw him again and he explained they found he had kidney stones ostensibly from not drinking enough fluids. He said the pain was the worst thing he had ever experienced.
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yes good call, when i walked the meseta stage of my Camino we were warned about the dangers as there was zero shade , no water stops for maybe 12 miles ,it was a balance between overloading your pack that was ideally 8 to 10 kilos (as contained full belongings for a month plus non stop walk spanning Spain) with water bottles and keeping hydrated , it is very common for people to skip this stage
 
On Saturday, officials reported the death of a 74-year-old Dutch tourist who went missing after going for a solo hike on another island, Samos.
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They are trying to outdo themselves. Next week we'll have an 82 year old missing after going for a solo hike in 40c weather.
 
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