We all look forward to summer, because our bodies are yearning for the sun, heat and fruits. Someone likes high temperatures, it's a pleasure to "roast" in the sun, and there are people who are hiding from the heat, feel bad in the heat. Unfortunately, both those and others are at risk of getting a heat stroke.
Especially dangerous is the sun for children, because their organisms are not adapted to the sun, the skin is too tender and easily burns. Even in very hot weather , a child's heat stroke may well occur, treatment of it requires certain knowledge. Here we will talk about what to do with heat strokes.
Heat stroke is a serious condition caused by a person's severe overheating. Because of the sun and high temperatures in the body, the mechanisms of heat transfer and thermoregulation are violated. As a result, the content of the liquid drops drastically, the sweat ceases to be released, and the body can not cool itself. Overheating occurs, the temperature rises. This condition is extremely dangerous, especially in children. By the way, there can be a heat stroke in a nursing baby, if the caring parents overcame it and warmed it. Alas, if you do not provide qualified assistance in time for a heat stroke, a person may even die.
It is very important to be able to understand in time that the heat stroke happened, for this you need to know the main signs of it, they are the same in children and adults. The worsening of the condition of the victim usually occurs at a very fast pace, which is why during the rest with the children on the beach, on the playground, near the river, it is necessary to closely monitor them in time to help.
Symptoms of heat stroke in children
- intense redness of the face;
- Fainting, dizziness, loss of consciousness;
- sharp, very strong headache;
- nausea, vomiting, upset stomach;
- deterioration of hearing, darkening in the eyes;
- absence of sweat;
- convulsions as a result of dehydration of the body.
Your actions with a thermal shock in children
How to treat heat stroke? First of all, the baby needs to be moved to a cool, shady place, undressed. If there is such a possibility, you can immerse the child in a slightly cool (but by no means cold) water that will reach him to the navel. You can simply moisten the body with water, sprinkle it in the face.
By the way, it is very common to wipe the entire body of the child with alcohol, diluted in half with water. Modern pediatricians do not recommend this, both with a thermal shock, and with an increase in temperature, due to influenza, for example. Alcohol dries the skin very much, narrows the pores, resulting in the temperature dropping only for a short time, and then the body heats up even more.
If the injured child is conscious, you can give him a little cool water. If there is a violation of breathing, you can bring a fleece soaked in ammonia to the nozzle. You can not treat the incident lightly, after providing first aid to an overheated child, you must always call an ambulance.
Precautionary measures
Very many mothers are extremely careless, and you can be sure of this when you see many small children on the beach at noon. Remember, children can be in the sun only in the morning and evening hours, being in the heat from 11 to 15 hours of the day is strictly prohibited, and for children and adults alike. Overheating, burns, received in the summer in childhood, can turn into serious illness in the future. And do not let the child walk in sunny weather without panama, give him more water, rest together during the day. It is always much easier to prevent troubles (including heat strokes) than to treat them later!