Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, July 13 (Reporter Huang Xiao) For the past few days, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu and other places have continued to have high temperatures.
The reporter learned from many hospitals in Zhejiang that heatstroke patients are sent to the hospital almost every day, and many of them have been diagnosed with heat stroke, and there have been many deaths.
It is understood that Lishui Central Hospital has received a number of heat stroke patients in the past week. Among them, a 49-year-old male patient died due to multiple organ failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation. of women did not pay attention to heatstroke prevention at home, developed high fever and confusion during a nap, and had a body temperature of 42.5°C when they were sent to the hospital. Multiple organ failures are still being rescued.
Since this week, the Jiefang Road Campus of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine has seen heat stroke patients every day. Xu Shanxiang, deputy director and chief physician of the Emergency Medicine Department, introduced that most of the young patients had exertional heat stroke and the elderly. Most people suffer from non-exertional heat stroke, and the consequences are very serious if not treated in time.
Experts explain that heat stroke is a serious state of heat stroke. The imbalance between heat production and heat dissipation caused by exposure to heat or strenuous exercise is characterized by elevated core body temperature, greater than 40 degrees Celsius, and abnormalities in the central nervous system, such as A life-threatening clinical syndrome with altered mental status, convulsions, or coma with multiple organ damage.
Heavy manual workers, elderly and frail persons or those with chronic diseases, and infants and young children under high temperature and high humidity environment are at high risk of heat stroke.
Symptoms of heat stroke include local muscle cramps, high fever, no sweat, dry mouth, coma, increased blood pressure, cough, asthma, difficulty breathing, and even respiratory failure. rescue.
Xu Shanxiang reminded that outdoor workers should pay attention to avoid working in high temperature for a long time, and replenish water and fluids in time.
If you feel unwell, you should move to a cool place, lower your body temperature, and transfer to a hospital as soon as possible.
In addition, special attention should be paid to the elderly who live alone. Some elderly people do not like to turn on the air conditioner. The ambient temperature and humidity are high and they are prone to heatstroke. Children should try their best to help the elderly to do all kinds of heatstroke prevention and cooling work in advance, prepare enough cool drinks at home, and prepare for heatstroke prevention. Cooling drugs, persuading the elderly to reduce outdoor activities, and see a doctor as soon as possible if the elderly feel unwell.