What to do if your child has a heat stroke?

I believe everyone has already understood the situation of children suffering from heatstroke and fever, but I don’t know if you are familiar with what to do when children suffer from heatstroke and fever. Now many children have suffered from heatstroke and fever, and our families are very worried about this. This is a very serious situation. Children’s resistance is very low, and corresponding methods need to be taken as soon as possible. Let me briefly describe it.

Wipe your body

Evaporation also has a cooling effect. Experts recommend using cool running water to help dissipate excess heat from the skin. Although you can sponge your entire body, pay special attention to areas where your body temperature rises, such as your armpits and groin. After squeezing out excess water from the sponge, wipe one area at a time, keeping the rest covered with clothing. Your body heat will evaporate this water, helping to dissipate the heat.

No rush to cool down

If the doctor determines that you just have a cold, it is best not to rush to take antipyretics within your tolerance range. Having a high fever is one of the body's mechanisms to fight infection. Our body mobilizes its own defense system to kill foreign pathogens by raising body temperature (generally speaking, pathogens will die above 39°C), thereby shortening the duration of the disease and enhancing the effectiveness of antibiotics. If you use medication to reduce fever at the onset of a cold (37-38.5℃), the bacteria in your body will be temporarily put into a state of suspended animation and become resistant to the drugs. Once they revive, they are often more difficult to treat.

Cold compress

If a high fever is too much for you to handle, you can use cold compresses to help lower your body temperature. Place a cold wet towel on your forehead, wrists, and calves, and cover other parts of your body with clothing. When the cold compress reaches body temperature, it should be changed and repeated until the fever subsides. You can also wrap ice cubes in a cloth bag and place it on your forehead.

Heat

If the body temperature is not too high, you can use hot compress to reduce the fever. Use a hot, wet towel to repeatedly wipe the patient's forehead and limbs to dissipate heat from the body until the fever subsides. However, if the body temperature rises above 39°C, do not use hot compresses to reduce the fever. Instead, use cold compresses to prevent the body temperature from continuing to rise.

The issue of what to do when children have heatstroke and fever requires us to pay special attention so that we can take effective measures to treat them as soon as possible when our children have similar problems. This can help our children recover their health faster and better, avoid unnecessary harm caused by the disease, and pay attention to sun protection.