Heat stroke is a dysregulation of the body’s thermoregulatory function caused by high temperatures and excessive heat accumulation in the body, which leads to damage to the nervous organs. In the classification of heatstroke is severe heatstroke. The disease usually occurs in summer when high temperatures are accompanied by high humidity. In case of hot weather, once there is heavy sweating and confusion, attention should be paid to cooling. If someone is unconscious in high temperature, the unconscious person should be immediately carried to a ventilated and cool place, pour cool water to reduce the body temperature of the unconscious person, and then continuously monitor temperature changes, high fever of about 40 degrees Celsius continues to be sent immediately to an experienced hospital for liquid resuscitation treatment, never to be underestimated as ordinary heat stroke, delaying treatment.
Causes of heat stroke
Because of the continuous sweltering heat will make people’s skin heat dissipation function decreases, and infrared and ultraviolet rays can penetrate the skin directly to the deep inner layer of the muscle, the body heat can not be dissipated, then the heat gathered in the organs and muscle tissue, causing dry skin, muscle temperature, resulting in sweating, and then harm to the central nervous system. Subsequently, the function of all organs and tissues in the body is affected, and patients experience local muscle cramps, high fever, no sweating, dry mouth, coma, elevated blood pressure, cough, asthma, breathing difficulties, and even respiratory failure, which is the most serious type of heat stroke. Physical activity or non-physical activity in high temperature conditions can trigger this severe heat stroke. Without timely and proper treatment, the mortality rate is as high as 40% to 50%.
Symptoms of heat stroke
High fever, respiratory failure, coma, dry mouth, abnormal sweating
Heat stroke diet
In addition to timely treatment after heat stroke, the diet also needs to be taken into account.
1, avoid drinking a lot of water. People with heatstroke should take a small amount of water, drink several times, each time to not more than 300 ml is appropriate. Do not drink more than wild. Because, a lot of water will not only dilute the gastric juice, which will affect the digestive function, but also cause reflex hyperhidrosis. The result will cause a large loss of water and salt in the body, serious cases can contribute to the occurrence of heat cramps.
2, avoid eating a lot of cold melons and fruits. Most people with heat stroke belong to the spleen and stomach weakness, if a lot of eat into the cold melons and fruits, 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 heatstroke 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, more likely to cause indigestion.
4, avoid pure 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 urgent tonic is very wrong. 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 the loss.
Heat stroke prevention
In the hot and muggy weather to pay attention to the prevention of “heat stroke”, especially in the heat of the outdoor work for a long time people. Some simple methods can be used to easily avoid the heat.
1. Keep natural ventilation indoors and take light green tea or light salt water with you when you go out. Salt water modulation method: 1 liter of water, mixed with 1/2 teaspoon of salt water, drink half a cup every 15 minutes, 3-4 times a day.
2, when out in the car, ice bags cold cooling. Can go to the hospital to buy medical ice bags, or homemade ice bags: prepare some wet flannel to ice wrapped up, and then a clean plastic bag cover into the refrigerator. Go out and wipe your face and arms, you will feel cooler.
3, go home more warm water bath, if you feel hot and hot body, you can use some patchouli water, wind oil essence and other drugs wipe, evaporation of heat absorption.
4, cool water rinse wrist, every few hours put the wrist under the tap for 5 seconds, can reduce the blood temperature.
Prognosis of pyrexia
Sequelae: Early manifestations are excessive hyperthermia, multiple organ damage, and later sequelae of brain function damage.
Summer is the season when yang is at its peak, and the climate is hot and vigorous. At this time of the year, it is a period of metabolism, when yang is emitted from outside and vermillion is inside, and qi and blood are also active on the surface of the body. The elderly should pay attention to health care at this time to pay great attention to.