What to do if you have a heat stroke

The temperature in summer is generally high regardless of the region. Due to the global warming in recent years, high temperature weather in summer is becoming more and more common, and it lasts much longer than before. Some people who often work or walk outdoors and have weak physical fitness are prone to heatstroke. Heatstroke usually causes headaches. So what should you do if you have a headache after heatstroke?

1. What to do if you have a headache due to heat stroke: Quickly evacuate the high temperature environment that caused the heat stroke and choose a cool and ventilated place to rest. When a migraine attacks, you might want to rest for a while in a dimly lit, quiet room. Generally speaking, the migraine will be relieved after just half an hour of sleep.

2. What to do if you have a headache due to heatstroke: Massaging the head with moderate force is an effective way to relieve migraine. The temple is an important acupoint for migraine massage. You can press it with your index finger, or you can use your fist to gently rotate back and forth from the temple to the hairline to massage.

3. What to do if you have a headache due to heatstroke: drink green tea. The substances in green tea are effective in relieving migraines, so you can drink green tea in moderation to overcome severe migraines.

4. What to do if you have a headache due to heatstroke: Using yoga and meditation is a new way to treat migraines. You can buy a CD of this kind, and when you have a headache, close your eyes and meditate for a while to the music, letting the harmonious sounds of nature make you forget the pain.

5. What to do if you have a headache due to heatstroke: Put ice cubes in an ice bag or wrap it in a towel and apply it to the area of ​​headache. Once the blood vessels in the cooled head constrict, the symptoms will naturally ease.

6. What to do if you have a headache due to heatstroke: replenish water, drink more refreshing drinks containing salt, and drink slowly in small sips to avoid increasing the burden on your heart.

What to do if you have a headache due to heat stroke: You can apply cooling oil or wind oil on your forehead and temples.

7. What to do if you have a headache due to heatstroke: You can apply cooling oil, wind oil, etc. on the forehead and temples, or take Chinese medicine such as Ren Dan, Shi Di Shui, and Huoxiang Zhengqi Shui.

8. What to do if you have a headache due to heatstroke: Take anti-heat medicine and press acupoints such as Ren Zhong and Hu Kou to help restore consciousness. If the symptoms do not ease, call for help immediately.

9. What to do if you have a headache due to heatstroke: wash your face with cold water, apply a cold towel to the back of your head and other parts, and then take a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water.

10. What to do if you have a headache due to heatstroke: If your blood pressure drops or you faint, you should lie down immediately and go to the hospital for intravenous saline drip in time.

11. What to do if you have a headache due to heatstroke: In addition to immediately transferring people with severe heatstroke from the high temperature environment to a cool and ventilated place, they should also be quickly sent to the hospital and comprehensive measures should be taken to treat them. If far away from the hospital, the patient should be removed from the high temperature environment, wrapped in wet sheets or wet clothes and powered by a strong fan to increase evaporative heat dissipation. While waiting for transport, it is also a good idea to immerse the patient in a lake or river, or even cool him/her with snow or ice.

Daily care precautions for heat stroke and headache

Avoid eating greasy fried food; you can eat light semi-liquid food and hot soup noodles with scallions and ginger, coriander and minced meat porridge and other foods that have a dispersing and relieving exterior symptoms. Keep the indoor air fresh, the temperature and humidity appropriate, and prevent patients from being blown directly by the wind. You can drink a cup of hot milk or a small bowl of hot porridge, cover yourself with clothes and quilt, and lie down to rest. Mild headaches can be treated with pain medication without rest. If you have a severe headache, you must stay in bed. The environment should be quiet and the indoor lighting should be soft. In addition, it is also necessary to observe whether the patient is conscious and whether there are any symptoms such as facial or oral aberrations.