varanasi now when the sizzling mercury is showing no signs of retraction and the blistering heatwave is sweeping across most parts of the region health experts are also coming up with health tips to curb the risk of falling a prey to rough weatherthe sudden rise in mercury accompanied by heatwave certainly aggravates a number of health risks and one must pay attention to preventive measures in order to evade them said dr kamta prasad chief medical superintendent ddu district hospital while talking to toi on friday the common health risk in such condition is dehydration water along with important salts and minerals diffusing out of the body and people must drink lots of water and include liquid food items in their diet he advisedit may be mentioned here that the maximum temperature in the region has hovered around 42 degree celsius easily surpassing 40 degree c mark for the past four days something the region has not witnessed for the past many years as per report of met department the average temperature for the month of march is around 33 degree c while the recent figures are all set to elevate it to around 38 degree celsius five degrees more than the average monthly temperaturesaying that a dehydrated body becomes an easy victim to sun heat stroke dr m rai of department of medicine banaras hindu university said it was important to cover the body with cotton clothes and keep drinking water to compensate for loss of water one must keep an account of the body temperature and immediately consult doctor if it shows variation with rise in temperature he addedsimilarly a number of health experts are also warning against venturing outside unless it is necessary in such conditions the officegoers or school children should use public transport system and people should prefer covered vehicles to evade bright sunlight said dr sudhakar pandey a senior doctor in the epidemic cell of cmo office avoiding direct sunlight also reduces the chances of skin burns or irritation besides controlling dehydration similarly stale and open food articles should be avoided as they aggravate the chances of food poisoning that could also prove fatal he informedmost health experts emphasised on maintaining good sanitary conditions to cut down the risk of infectious diseases while these conditions prevent diseases like diarrhoea which is common among children they also keep a tab on other infectious diseases like jaundice and typhoid that arise because of poor hygiene and contamination of food and water said dr pandey