Is heat stroke the same as heat illness? 6 urgent treatments for heat stroke

In recent years, outdoor sports in Taiwan, such as road running, triple-iron, surfing, etc. have become more and more prosperous. The hot summer is the peak period for heat illness and heat stroke. How to prevent heatstroke in the midst of heat and blood and sweat, and how to deal with it urgently when encountering heat diseases is a very important topic!

What is fever disease?

Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated if you fight a hundred times! First of all, we need to understand what is a fever? What is the difference between heat stroke and heat illness?

The human body produces heat during movement and sends heat from the blood vessels to the surface through the cardiovascular system, and expels heat from the body through the skin sweating and evaporation. Once the environment temperature and humidity are too high, or the body is overly hot due to intense movement, causing the heat to produce over-exhaust rate, it is easy to cause the so-called "thermal disease". The commonly known "heat stroke" is actually just one of the types of fevers.

In medicine, heat disease can be divided into

●Heat cramps: When the body sweats excessively and loses a lot of salt, plus only water supplements but not properly supplements, it causes internal electrolytic quality mismatch, which can lead to local muscle pain and cramps.

●Heat syncope: If you stand or act in a hot environment for a long time, the blood pressure in the body and brain decreases, resulting in dizziness or fainting. Hot fainting will generally recover after a short rest and replenishing moisture.

●Heat exhaustion: In the early stage of heat stroke, excessive sweating leads to the loss of a lot of water and salt, and the blood circulation failure caused by insufficient water replenishment, the symptoms are quite widespread, including: head pain, headache, nausea and vomiting, heavy sweating, skin dampness, fatiguelessness, white face, muscle aches, and quick breathing. The temperature may be normal or slightly elevated (usually below 40 degrees). Unlike heat stroke, heat failure does not cause ideological changes.

●Heat stroke: It is a medical emergency. It occurs when the body's sweat-relieving mechanism loses its function and the body's temperature regulation function is lost, resulting in continuous increase in temperature, which leads to the internal cells being damaged, causing failure of multiple organs such as the brain, liver, and kidneys, which endangers life. In addition to similar to the heat failure, its symptoms include severe high temperature (over 40 degrees C), poor sweating, change in consciousness, restlessness, convulsions, coma, etc., with a high mortality rate!

What conditions are prone to cause fever?

In a hot environment, continuous activities, such as marathons, mountaineering, long-distance driving, etc., are likely to cause fever and diseases. The elderly, children, patients with chronic diseases, or those who rarely engage in outdoor activities are at higher risk. Alcoholism, lack of sleep, obesity, or the use of special drugs can also increase the risk of heat injury.

What drugs can increase the risk of heat stroke?

●Beta-blockers: It inhibits heartbeat and affects heat regulation.

●diuretics: It will dry up moisture balance.

●Anti-histamines, antipsychotics and tricyclic anti-retinotherm (TCA): inhibits and reduces heat loss.

Emergency response to fever disease

stops movement and moves the patient to the pyridium ventilation location. If the patient is conscious, a dilute electrolytic supplement or a small amount of salt-free cold water (does not contain alcohol or caffeine); if the patient is not conscious, a drink should not be given to avoid entering the respiratory tract.

How to treat patients with heat stroke

●Send medical treatment now!

●Remove the patient's clothing and increase the heat dissipation area.

●Swallow the patient to heat up the heat.

●Soak the patient in water.

●Place the ice bag in the patient's head, axillary and groin to strengthen and disperse. If the patient experiences tremor, the temperature reduction rate must be slowed down, because tremor will increase the temperature.

●Don't give general anti-burn drugs (Popular pain, aspirin, etc.) or alcohol to wipe, which is not only ineffective but may be harmful!

How to prevent fever and diseases?

●Avoid running outdoors at extreme high temperatures or when the sun is hottest.

●Wear clean, loose and breathable clothing to facilitate sweating and reduce radiation heat that absorbs the sun; sucking or wearing a sun mask can reduce direct exposure to the sun.

●Be sure to ensure good physical condition before exercise. If you are sick, take medicine, lack of sleep, drink alcohol, etc., you should avoid engaging in high temperatures.

●The strength of the exercise should be progressing step by step, and there should be a short rest every 10-20 minutes; if you feel tired, headache, cramps, headache, disgusting, etc. during exercise, you should stop immediately and rest.

●Adjust, during and after exercise, moisture and electrolytic quality should be added appropriately. You can just exercise gently without obvious wheezing or sweating alone and purely replenish water; when you are vigorous and sweating a lot, you can consider drinking commercially available sports drinks and other solutions containing electrolytics, or eat some extra sautés to replenish salt in addition to drinking water.

Sports drinks vs. White water?

Many commercially available sports drinks add sugar and artificial spices at the same time, which has a higher amount of heat. If ordinary people do not engage in a strong and sweaty drama, they do not need to deliberately supplement specific drinks. If they are not allowed to open water, they will choose better.. Then when should we replenish water? 30 minutes before exercise, you should first add 300 to 500 ml of water; during the exercise, every 20 minutes, you should add 100 to 200 ml of water; after exercise, drinking water can not only be used to supplement the sweat lost after exercise, but also promote gastric peristalsis and maintain normal temperature. Taking enough water every day is also an important way to develop a healthy habit of living.

The passionate summer is the season of youth and sweat. I hope everyone will improve their awareness during exercise, take protective measures, have fun, and avoid hot and sickness!