Now that the temperature is rising, many areas are beginning to enter fire mode.
The increase in outdoor activities during the holidays and the bursting temperature have increased the risk of heat stroke in children.
Heat stroke sounds common, but the harm to your child's health should not be underestimated.
Let's take a look at the symptoms of heat stroke in children.
At this time, the child's body temperature is normal, but sweating begins to increase, and some children will have dizziness, chest tightness, and limb weakness. Therefore, if in a hot environment, the child has a lot of sweating, thirst, the child begins to cry, and the big child begins to be unconscious and depressed, it is necessary to be vigilant!
Heat stroke is divided into three grades:
Mild heat stroke: the child has been sweating, the skin is cold and damp, the state is not good, the concentration is not concentrated, and the feeling of dizziness and chest tightness.
Moderate heat stroke: sweating, dizziness and headache, nausea and vomiting, vomiting, feeling of prostration and fatigue, may be accompanied by fever.
Severe heat stroke: unconsciousness, spasms of hands and feet, increased body temperature. In more severe cases, your child's breathing may be circulatory failure, which can be life-threatening in severe cases.
Once the baby is found to have symptoms of heat stroke, parents should not panic, as long as appropriate protective measures are taken, the baby's condition will improve.
1. Get out of the high temperature environment
Take your baby to a ventilated, shady, dry environment such as a hallway or in the shade. Ice packs and electric fans also helped. However, it should be noted that the cooling method should be gentle to avoid sharp drops. But: don't walk into the air-conditioned room all at once, stand at the door and get used to it.
2. Strip to dissipate heat
Have your baby lie on his back, unbutton, and take off or loosen his clothes. If the baby's clothes have been soaked with sweat, the baby should change dry clothes in time, and turn on the fan or air conditioner at the same time in order to dissipate heat as soon as possible, but the wind should not blow directly on the baby.
3. Cold towel wrapped
Wrap your baby in a large towel soaked in cold water (soak the towel in cold water with ice cubes if possible), and if the towel gets hot, re-cool the towel and repeat the process.
4. Wipe with warm water
The water temperature is maintained at 32 ° C -34 ° C, and the time of each wipe lasts for more than 10 minutes. The focus of the wipe is in the area of skin folds, such as the neck, armpits, elbows, groin, etc. For children with high fever or older age, a warm water bath can be used, and the water temperature is slightly lower than the body temperature, but not too low. This method is suitable for babies of all ages.
5. Eat and drink water
Do not let your baby eat or drink water until he is conscious, and after he is conscious, give some decaffeinated refreshing drinks every 10 to 15 minutes, but do not give them if you have vomiting or unconsciousness. You can also let the baby drink mung bean soup, light salt water and so on to relieve the heat.
6. Immediately send to the doctor for treatment
If your child is vomiting or unconscious, do not feed these summer drinks to prevent accidents. If you have taken the above emergency care measures for your child, but the results are still not good, you should seek help from the hospital or professional as soon as possible.
So how to prevent heat stroke in children?
1. Daily hydration
Don't wait for your baby to be thirsty to drink water, and don't drink too much water at once! Drink less and feed more, and control the amount of water within 300ml each time.
2. Keep cool
When adults feel hot, children are also hot! Reasonable increase or decrease of clothing, do not cover the heat and do not get cold, generally the baby's hands and feet are not cold, and the head armpit sweat is not much. Avoid the most toxic periods of sunlight when going out; bring a small kettle filled with water, umbrellas, etc. when you go out; don't let your baby stay in the stroller for too long, and don't forget your baby in the car.
3 heat protection tools
Fans and air conditioners can be used, the fan head blows, the air conditioner can be adjusted to 26 ~ 28 ° C, remember not to blow against the air outlet, pay attention to ventilation.
Having said so many solutions and prevention methods, the following focuses on the misunderstanding of heat stroke, we must pay attention to it!
Myth 1: Overeating. After heat stroke, the baby can not eat greasy food, too much consumption will increase the burden on the digestive system, so that a large amount of blood remains in the gastrointestinal tract, and the blood delivered to the brain is relatively reduced, and nutrients can not be fully absorbed.
Myth 2: Eat cold food. Some parents find that their baby will feel very thirsty after heat stroke, especially love to eat cold drinks and melon and fruit foods, and some parents will meet the baby's requirements. In fact, this is harmful to the baby's body, and these two things cannot be eaten more after heat stroke, because cool food will damage the baby's spleen and stomach.
Myth 3: Drinking too much water. After heat stroke, a large amount of water and salt must be replenished, but excessive drinking of hot water will make the baby sweat, resulting in a large amount of water and salt in the body, and will cause convulsions when serious. The gain is not worth the loss.
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