Dr. Anh Nguyen regularly treats patients who do not realize they are vulnerable to Houston’s extreme heat until it overwhelms them.
She said this year has been especially bad for visitors and newcomers to Houston.
“With the World Cup coming, we had a higher volume this summer due to people who were not acclimated to the heat, nor the humidity,” said Nguyen, an emergency physician and medical director of Virtual Urgent Care at Houston Methodist…