With the extreme summer heat and humidity across the Kansas City area this week, doctors are seeing a rise in heat-related illnesses. 

Dr. Ryan Gallagher, an emergency medicine physician at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, talks about ways to avoid heat-related illnesses and when to see a doctor.

"The biggest warning signs that we worry about are what we refer to as neurological changes— confusion, someone's not acting themselves, someone's having problems with speech or numbness, weakness, problems walking, things like that— they should be calling 911," Gallagher said. 

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