Heatstroke: Heat Stroke or Sunstroke

Heatstroke

(Heat Stroke or Sunstroke)

It is a severe heat sickness. The patient has a body temperature of more than 40.0 degrees Celsius and is confused. Other symptoms such as red skin, headache and dizziness. Heatstroke generally does not have sweat, but for exertion heatstroke, it is generally sweaty. The symptoms can be sudden or gradual. The disease is life-threatening because the body has severe hyperthermia and multiple organ functions due to heat. Complications can be seizures, muscle breakdown and kidney failure.

Heatstroke is caused by high environmental temperatures or excessive physical activity. For people with certain diseases or congenital conditions, there is a higher risk than normal. It usually occurs in people with high heat or prolonged exertion that can prevent heatstroke in most individuals. However, patients with certain hereditary conditions may be susceptible to abnormal heatstroke, causing symptoms despite relatively mild heat, especially in children.

How to Prevent Heatstroke

(How to prevent heatstroke)

Drinking enough water, and bypassing high heat exposure, such as doing activities in the sun.

Heatstroke treatments include cooling the body and palliative treatments. Recommended methods, such as in a cold-temperature booth, such as an air chamber, or spraying water droplets, using a fan to blow off heat inside the body, soaking in ice, or intravenous cold water. The disease kills more than 600 people a year in the United States, which has increased during the year. 1995 to 2015, the disease had a mortality rate of less than 5 percent in exercise heatstroke patients and up to 65 percent in non-exercise patients. In English, it is called "Heat Stroke," which is a misuse. The disease has no relationship with Stroke.

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Heatstroke

(Heat Stroke or Sunstroke)

Heatstroke is a severe form of heat exhaustion. Patients experience a body temperature exceeding 40.0 degrees Celsius and are confused. Other symptoms include flushed skin, headache, and dizziness. Heatstroke is not typically caused by sweating, but exertional heatstroke commonly associated with sweating. Symptoms can be sudden or gradual. This condition is life-threatening due to the severely elevated body temperature and the malfunction of multiple organs due to the heat. Complications include seizures, rhabdomyolysis, and kidney failures.

Heatstroke is caused by high external environmental temperatures or excessive exercises. People with certain diseases or conditions are at higher risk than normal. It usually occurs in people who have been exposed to high heat or exerted for long periods of time. Heatstroke can be achieved in most people. However, patients with a latent genetic predisposition. Some people are very susceptible to heatstroke, which can cause symptoms even with relatively mild heat exposure, especially in children.

How to prevent heatstroke

Drinking enough water and reducing exposure to extreme heat, such as during activities in the sun. Treats for heatstroke include cooling the body and providing supportive care.Recommended methods include staying in a cool room, such as an air-conditioned room, using misters, using fans to blow away internal heat, immersing yourself in ice water, or administering cold fluids intravenlyous. This disease causes more than 600 deaths per year in the United States, and this rate increased between 1995 and 2015. The mortality rate for heatstroke is less than 5% in those with exercise-induced heatstroke and as high as 65% in those without exercise-induced heatstroke. In English, this condition is called heat stroke, and the term "stroke" here is misused. This disease is not related to cerebrovascular disease (stroke).

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Compiled in Thai, English

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