Pediatric Heat Stroke Symptoms and Treatment

Pediatric heatstroke is often manifested as fever, dizziness, headache, sweating, etc., should be given timely cooling, supplementation of water and electrolytes and other methods of treatment. 1. Symptoms: pediatric heatstroke can be manifested as fever, dizziness, headache, nausea and vomiting, and in severe cases, loss of consciousness can occur. Some of the children may sweat too much, manifested as thirst, urine, obvious dehydration symptoms, serious pale, cold skin, and even blood pressure drop and shock, when the body temperature instead of falling. Some children may also have transient twitching and painful spasms of the limb muscle groups. 2. Treatment (1) Immediately transfer the child to a cool and ventilated place or an air-conditioned room to avoid continuing to be in a hot environment and aggravating the symptoms. (2) Physical cooling: place ice packs on the head, neck, armpits and groin, wipe the whole body with a towel soaked with well water or 35% alcohol solution, and then use an electric fan to blow air to the child to promote heat dissipation. (3) Drug cooling: In physical cooling, the stimulation of skin by cold can cause vasoconstriction and muscle tremor, affecting heat dissipation and increasing body heat production, so more with drugs to lower the temperature, such as hydrocortisone, dexamethasone and so on. (4) Supplemental water and electrolytes: children with mild heatstroke and consciousness are given ice-containing salt-soda drinks or cold boiled water with salt orally. Severe illness, fever, thirst, irritability, dry mucous membranes, nausea and vomiting, weakness, and signs of water loss with intravenous drip. If the diagnosis of pediatric heat stroke is confirmed, early and standardized treatment is recommended to reduce the adverse effects of the disease. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.