Identify more closely with Heat Stroke

Heat Stroke or "heat shock" is a serious condition that is associated with high ambient temperature (hot air). On heat stroke, the patient's body temperature can reach 40 C or more. Someone who is experiencing the signs of heat stroke should be immediately taken to the nearest hospital or clinic to be addressed. High ambient temperatures, lack of fluids (dehydration) and exposure to the elements the body by excessive heat can lead to heat stroke. Heat stroke is easy to attack the children and the elderly.

Symptom

• Headache
• Dizziness
• Confusion
• The body feels tired and weak
• Skin feels hot, dry and flushed but not sweaty
• The body temperature increases
• The heart beats faster than usual (palpitations)
• Hallucinations
• Seizures
• Awareness decline

Cause
The body produces some heat inside. In normally, the body cools itself by sweating and radiating heat through the skin. But in certain conditions such as heat, high humidity, heavy activity in the sun, the body's cooling system can fail, so that the body temperature up to a life-threatening extent (40 C or more).

If a person is dehydrated and his body can not sweat enough to cool the body, the temperature inside the body can be increased up to a harmful level. This lead to heat stroke. The worst consequence of this is heat stroke coma and death

What you can do

Companion have very important role here :

• Bring the patient to the environment away from heat milk.
• Namru patient's body with newspaper or towels.
• Splash water into the patient's body heat stroke.
• Raise the arms of patients to improve blood flow to the head.
• If the person is conscious, give plenty to drink.
• Call an ambulance or take it to the emergency department in hospital.

What the doctor may do

• Provide rapid cooling therapy.
• If the patient is unconscious, given the returns the fluid through the infusion of fluid and salt levels to normal levels.

Prevention Tips

• Wear loose clothing, lightweight and brightly colored.
• Limit your activity during the hot and humid air around.
• If the you need to do exercise and sports during the scorching heat, start with light exercise and gradually increase the intensity subs 2 weeks or more. Heavy exercise should be done in the morning or at night where the weather is cooler.
• Drinking plenty of water before, during and after activity / exercise. If possible, avoid coffee or soda karana two types of drinks can "steal" the liquid from your body.
• Do not consume alcoholic beverages before, during and after the move, let alone exercise, since alcoholic beverages can cause the body to lose fluid.