taje your jersey off perhaps.
more seriously, this does affect older folk and especially those overweight so you may wish to shed some pounds before travelling to hotter climes. Exercise too.....
Do not restrict your fluid intake as this does you no good whatsoever.
This type of swelling is mainly due to widening of the blood vessels near the surface of the skin. This happens automatically in warm weather, as a way of the body trying to keep itself cool - as heat is lost through the skin.
The opposite happens in cold weather, which is why fingers and toes go red in warm weather, but go white iron cold winter days. It is also why the veins on your hands tend to be more noticeable in hot weather.
When there is more blood flowing through the tiny blood vessels some clear fluid - or lymph - does tend to leak out into the surrounding tissues, causing swelling, or oedema.
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