What about heat stroke in summer?Expert: Learn to save these tricks!

In the summer season, high -temperature workers, elderly people, infants, and children must pay attention to preventing heatstroke and cooling to avoid the occurrence of heat stroke. If a severe heat stroke will cause multiple organs to fail, even life -threatening. What about heat stroke in summer? Experts taught these tricks.

What is heat stroke?

Director Zhang Wei, Director of the Emergency Department of Nanjing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, explained that heatstroke refers to the occurrence of the central dysfunction of the central function or the dysfunction of sweat glands in the environment with high temperature or humidity, and excessive loss of water and electrolytes. The central nervous and (or) cardiovascular dysfunction is acute diseases that are the main manifestations.

What are the symptoms of heat stroke?

Symptoms of threatened heat stroke: sweating, weak limbs, dizziness, thirst, headache, inattention, dazzling, tinnitus, uncoordinated motion, or uncomfortable body temperature.

Symptoms of mild heat stroke: The symptoms of threatened heat stroke are worsened, the body temperature rises to more than 38 degrees Celsius, and the symptoms of skin burning, redness or dehydration (wet limbs, pale complexion, faster pulse, etc.) appear.

Symptoms of severe heat stroke: severe heat stroke includes three types: heat cramps, thermal failure, and thermal irritation. Thermal cramps often have no obvious increase in body temperature, and heat failure often has symptoms such as headache, fatigue, dizziness, nausea and vomiting. Heat diseases are mostly fever, headache or suddenly fainted, unconscious, and coma, etc., such as the body temperature as high as reaching reaches. 40-42 degrees Celsius, anal temperature is as high as 46 degrees Celsius, which can have a manifestation of heart failure and renal failure.

How to save yourself after heat stroke?

1. Quickly move from high temperature environment to a cool place.

2. Replenish water in time, drink slowly, and choose light saline and mung bean soup if you have conditions.

3. Unlock the button of the neckline, tie, etc. to keep the surrounding environment ventilation.

4. After a period of rest, if the symptoms cannot be relieved, call to the hospital in time.

How to treat others with heat stroke?

1. Once someone is found to have heat stroke, immediately transfer the patient to a cool place and keep the surrounding environment ventilation.

2. Unpove the buckle and use physical cooling methods to help patients dissipate heat, such as applying the head to the head with a cold towel, wiping the underarm and so on.

3. Sober patients, you can drink some light saline, mung bean soup or cool drinks. If the patient's consciousness is lost, it is recommended to call 120 to the hospital immediately to avoid delaying treatment.

(Source: Yangtze Evening News/Zi Niu News Correspondent Xia Fan Judge Lu Yanlin)

【Edit: Fu Sakura】

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