Causes of heat stroke in children
1, excessive warmth, especially in the neonatal period (from birth to 28 days), parents are afraid that their children will be cold, and are obsessed with keeping their children warm with extra clothes, resulting in a decrease in body fluids in young children, loss of salt components, cellular dehydration, and susceptibility to heat stroke.
2. young children do not drink enough water in a hot environment.
3, is too much activity in a hot environment for young children.
How to tell if your baby is suffering from heat stroke
The possibility of heatstroke needs to be highly suspected when the following phenomena are combined at the same time.
1. may not sweat although it is very hot
2. the skin may be red, hot, and dry
3. restlessness and crying, rapid breathing and pulse, followed by lethargy and even convulsions or coma.
4. Older children may experience dizziness, nausea, disorientation, and drowsiness.
How to give first aid after heatstroke in babies
Once you find that your baby has the symptoms of heat stroke, you should not panic, as long as you take appropriate protective measures, the baby’s situation will improve.
1, immediately move the baby to a ventilated, cool, dry place, such as a corridor, under the shade of a tree.
2.Let the baby lie on his back, unbutton his clothes and take off or loosen his clothes. If the baby’s clothes have been wet with sweat, the baby should be promptly replaced with dry clothes, while turning on the fan or open air conditioning, in order to dissipate heat as soon as possible, but the wind should not blow directly towards the baby.
3, fast cooling, so that the baby’s body temperature down to below 38 degrees. Specific practices are: cold compresses on the baby’s head with cool wet towels, or give the baby a warm bath.
4, do not let the baby eat or drink until he or she is conscious. After he or she is conscious, give some cool drinks without caffeine every 10 to 15 minutes, but do not give them to those who have vomited or are unconscious. Can also let the baby drink and serve green bean soup, light salt water, etc. to relieve the heat.
5. you can also pinch the baby’s Renzhong point, Neiguan point as well as Hegu point, or if there is an object with a needle or the like around, you can first sterilize it with fire and then use the needle to shallowly stab Renzhong and squeeze out the blood drops, both of which have good therapeutic effects for babies who sweat profusely and vomit.
6. immediately send to the doctor for treatment.
What should not be eaten after heatstroke in children
1. avoid drinking a lot of water
People with heatstroke should take a small amount and drink water several times, each time to no more than 300 ml is appropriate. Do not drink more than wildly. Because, a lot of water will not only dilute the gastric juice, which will affect the digestive function, but also cause reflex hyperhidrosis. As a result, the body will cause a large loss of water and salt, serious cases can contribute to the occurrence of heat cramps.
2. Avoid eating a lot of cold fruits and melons
Most people with heat stroke belong to the weak spleen and stomach, if a lot of cold fruits and melons, cold food, will damage the spleen and stomach Yang Qi, so that the spleen and stomach movement is weak, cold dampness within the stagnation, serious cases will appear diarrhea, abdominal pain and other symptoms.
3. Avoid eating a lot of greasy food
You should eat less greasy food after heat stroke to adapt to the digestive function of the stomach and intestines in summer. If you eat a lot of greasy food will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, so that a large amount of blood stagnation in the gastrointestinal tract, the blood delivered to the brain is relatively reduced, the body will feel fatigue aggravated, and more likely to cause indigestion.
4. Avoid simple tonic
People after heatstroke, the summer heat has not been eliminated, although there are deficiencies, but can not simply tonic. If you think that the body is weak and in urgent need of tonic is a big mistake. The reason is that if you take a tonic too early, it will make the heat not easy to subside, or the heat that has been gradually receding will come back, and then it will be more than worth it.
How to prevent heatstroke in your baby when you go out
Summer go out necessary
1, sunscreen: the best to carry with SPF value of 15 or more sunscreen.
2, hat: the best is a hat with a large brim can hang down to cover the child’s ears and neck kind of hat.
3, sandals or sandals.
4, talcum powder: intended to protect the skin, but can not puff too much powder on the child, so as not to be inhaled by the child, affecting its respiratory system.
5, thermos or thermos bottle: (insulation here means to maintain low temperature oh) used to contain food and drinks, because the high temperature situation food, drinks easily deteriorate.
6, sufficient water: children need to drink a lot of water to replenish their bodies in the heat of the water consumption.
7, sunglasses: children should be equipped with special sunglasses for children.
8, small hand towels or paper towels: used to wipe sweat or temporary shade.
Once a young child has heatstroke will show the following symptoms: irritability, profuse sweating, convulsions, coma or even shock. In this case, parents should keep their children away from the heat, drink more water, can drink light salt water in moderation, when the child appears to be in a coma symptoms to take the child to the hospital in a timely manner, not their own unauthorized treatment.