ONE in seven festival-goers will suffer dehydration this summer and one in 10 will get sunstroke, according to research. A study of 1,000 festival fans revealed the illnesses and injuries they suffer while enjoying a jampacked musical line up, with fatigue and exhaustion the most common (24 per cent). More than a fifth (21 per cent) will get sunburnt , and 11 per cent will return home with a cold or flu.
At the more extreme end of the scale, one in 20 (six per cent) will experience diarrhoea, while four per cent come away with a sickness bug. The same percentage have also been left with bowel issues after avoiding the loos for the duration of the festival . It also emerged 31 per cent pay little or no attention to their health while in the carnival spirit , with 21 per cent admitting they usually feel ‘completely broken’ by the end of it.
As a result, the average festival-goer needs at least two days to recover before they feel back to normal. Dr Elizabeth Rogers, clinical director at Bupa Health Clinics, which commissioned the research and created a guide on how to avoid and treat some of the common illnesses , said: “Festivals are brilliant fun and dancing to music with your friends in the sun is a great way to boost your mental health. “As well as making sure you’re having a good time, it’s really important that people are taking precautions to look after their health while they are there, or they may find they become unwell during or when they get home.
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