Source: https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/02/climate-change-is-worsening-diabetes-worldwide/

Headed for a routine doctor visit last year, Asha Sonawane, 63, collapsed after stepping outside her house in Bhadole village of India’s Maharashtra state as temperatures soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 F). Her daughter Alka rushed to her with lime water and an energy drink, which relieved her a bit. But her legs hurt and she felt weak. 

Dehydration in extreme heat had exacerbated Sonawane’s diabetes mellitus – a chronic medical condition in which blood glucose levels are too high – her doctor later explained. 

He prescribed a few medicines and told her not to go outside for the rest of the summer.