夏天到了，你的口罩都出汗了。以下是应对方法

It's hot. You're sweaty. And if you're still coronavirus-conscious, then you're wearing your mask.

天太热了。你出汗。如果你仍然有冠状病毒意识，那就戴上口罩。

Not that the thick humidity of summer makes it any easier.

这并不是说夏天潮湿的天气会让这一切变得更容易。

You may have the impulse to forgo a face mask until the fall. Don't, said Anne Rimoin, professor of epidemiology at UCLA and director of the university's Center for Global and Immigrant Health.

你可能会有放弃口罩的冲动，直到秋天。加州大学洛杉矶分校全球和移民健康中心主任、流行病学教授安妮·里莫恩说，不要这样做。

"It's important to wear a mask and maintain social distancing," she said, referencing a study published earlier this month that found both strategies are the most effective ways to prevent coronavirus transmission. "All of these layers are measures of protection."

“戴口罩和保持社交距离很重要，”她说。她引用了本月早些时候发表的一项研究，该研究发现，这两种策略都是预防冠状病毒传播最有效的方法。“所有这些层面都是保护措施。”

So if you have trouble breathing through your mask or the beads of sweat running down your cheeks make it uncomfortable to wear, read on -- you can survive the summer heat and stave off coronavirus.

所以，如果你戴口罩呼吸困难，或者汗珠顺着脸颊流下让你觉得戴口罩不舒服，请继续读下去——你可以在酷暑中生存，抵御冠状病毒。

Why your mask may be making you hotter

为什么你的口罩会让你更热

If you feel suffocated beneath your mask, that's probably because it's trapping heat inside, said Dr. Richard Wenzel, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.

弗吉尼亚联邦大学医学院传染病系教授理查德·温泽尔博士说，如果你戴着口罩感到窒息，那可能是因为口罩把热量困在了里面。

"A key issue is that when we breathe, we cool off, so wearing a mask that (gets) quickly hot can lead to an elevated temperature in extreme heat, especially if accompanied by humidity," Wenzel said.

温泽尔说:“一个关键问题是，当我们呼吸时，我们会感到凉爽，所以戴上迅速变热的口罩会导致高温，尤其是在伴随潮湿的情况下。”

In other words, if you can't breathe easily through your mask and you're wearing it outside, you could overheat.

换言之，如果你戴着口罩不能轻松地呼吸，你可能会过热。

If you feel yourself struggling to breathe, take your mask off -- just make sure you can keep at least six feet of distance from others -- sit in the shade and drink some water, Wenzel suggested.

温泽尔建议，如果你感到呼吸困难，就摘下口罩——只要确保与他人保持至少六英尺的距离——坐在阴凉处，喝点水。

If you feel dizzy or your heart is racing, you need to remove the mask, get out of the heat and seek medical attention, he said -- those could be signs of heat exhaustion.

他说，如果你感到头晕或心跳加速，就需要摘掉口罩，远离高温，寻求医疗救助，这些可能是中暑的迹象。

Pick a breathable mask material

选择透气的口罩材料

Part of your breathing problems could be due to your mask material.

你的部分呼吸问题可能是由于你的口罩材料。

Make sure your mask is on correctly

确保你的口罩戴对了

Your mask should cover your nose and mouth and fit snugly against the sides of your face but loosely on the inside so your breathing isn't obstructed, Rimoin said.

里莫恩说，你的口罩应该罩住你的口鼻，紧贴着脸的两侧，但里面要松松的，这样你的呼吸才不会受阻。

If you need to take off the mask, only do so when you're at least six feet away from others, she said.

她说，如果你需要摘下口罩，只有在离别人至少六英尺的时候才取下。