What are the symptoms of heat stroke in children?

What worries parents the most is their children getting sick, especially when they suffer from heatstroke in the hot summer. Sometimes the condition lasts for a long time, causing certain impacts on their health. So what are the symptoms of heatstroke in children? How do you know if your child is sick due to heat stroke? Heatstroke is also known as a cold, and there are many symptoms. The most typical ones are headache and cough, and some may also have a high fever. Parents should take their children to see a doctor in time.

What are the symptoms of heat stroke in children?

1. Premonitions of heatstroke: Headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dizziness, thirst, palpitations, normal or slightly elevated body temperature, which can be recovered after a short rest in a high temperature environment.

2. Mild heatstroke: In addition to the above symptoms, the body temperature is above 38°C, the face turns flushed to pale, there is sweating, the skin is cold and clammy, the blood pressure drops, and the pulse increases. After rest, the baby can return to normal.

3. Severe heatstroke: also known as heat exhaustion, manifested by: cold skin; excessive sweating; nausea and vomiting; dilated pupils; abdominal or limb cramps; rapid pulse; often accompanied by fainting, coma, high fever and even loss of consciousness.

Prevention of heat stroke in children

1. Check the weather forecast before going out

Parents should develop the habit of checking the weather forecast before going out. Today's weather forecasts have detailed predictions for the temperature in each period, so that you can add or remove clothes for your baby according to changes in temperature, while avoiding traveling during periods of high temperatures. In hot seasons, babies' clothes should be loose, sweat-absorbent and breathable. Parents should be careful when choosing clothes for their babies. Never let their babies wear chemical fiber clothes that can easily irritate the skin. This will not only make the baby uncomfortable, but may also cause skin allergies. It is best for parents to carry gauze or a large cotton towel with them and cover their baby when he or she sleeps.

2. Pay attention to replenishing fluids for your baby

In summer, babies sweat a lot, so let them drink more water as much as possible. In the hot summer, it is best for parents to let their children drink some water every half hour. In this way, children can gradually develop good habits of drinking water before going to bed, drinking water when getting up, drinking water while playing games, and drinking water half an hour before meals. In addition to letting your baby drink water, you can also let your baby drink some fresh mung bean soup or other soups that have cooling and heat-relieving effects in summer. Let the cooked soup cool so that your child can drink it at any time. You can also eat more fresh vegetables and fruits in moderation, such as watermelon, peaches, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc. They contain a lot of water and help replenish your baby's body fluids.

3. Provide more ventilation indoors

Even if your baby stays in an air-conditioned room, you should open the windows regularly for ventilation in the morning and evening. When turning on the air conditioner, be sure not to let the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors be too large, and also be careful not to let children stay in the air-conditioned environment for a long time. The baby's body temperature regulation function is not fully developed, and he may be more susceptible to heatstroke when out of the air-conditioned environment.

Children's Diseases: What to do if your child has heat stroke

Immediately get out of the high temperature environment

If children have heatstroke, they should be removed from the high temperature environment immediately and moved to ventilated and cool places such as corridors, under the shade of trees, and air-conditioned rooms to allow them to have a good rest. However, it should be noted that the cooling method should be gentle and avoid sudden drops in temperature. For example, a child suffering from heatstroke should not be immediately taken into an air-conditioned room with too low a temperature. Instead, a fan should be blown on the child, or the child should be placed in an air-conditioned room with a suitable temperature.

Physical cooling

If children have heatstroke, stop them from playing or running around. Instead, let them lie flat on their backs and keep their airways open. Immediately unbutton their clothes and take off or loosen their clothes. At the same time, parents can cool their children down physically by wiping their entire body with a wet towel, or by applying a cold towel to their forehead.

Drugs to relieve heat

If children have heatstroke, parents can give them oral medicines such as Rendan, Shidi Shui, Huoxiang Zhengqi Shui, etc. They can also apply cooling oil, Fengyoujing and other medicines on their foreheads and temples. However, parents should not give them antipyretics, antibiotics or other drugs without authorization.

Gua Sha

Gua Sha is one of the special treatments in traditional Chinese medicine. When children have heatstroke, you can try Gua Sha on them. Gua Sha therapy refers to the use of smooth hard instruments or fingers, metal needles, etc., to repeatedly scrape, squeeze, pull, pinch, and prick specific parts of the human body surface in a physical stimulation manner, causing ecchymosis, blood spots, or punctate bleeding on the skin surface, and improving the body's qi and blood circulation by stimulating the body's surface veins, thereby achieving the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, adjusting yin and yang, relaxing muscles and tendons, clearing away heat and reducing swelling, and strengthening the body and eliminating evil. However, if parents do not understand scraping therapy, they should not try it recklessly to avoid hurting their children.

Diet

If a child has heatstroke and is conscious, parents should let them drink light salt water several times to replenish enough water and salt. If the condition is not very serious, or the child has basically recovered, parents can cook some mung bean porridge, winter melon soup and other foods for them, or give them some fresh fruit juice, watermelon and other fruits, but do not give children greasy food.