As the heat continues to be severe, patients suspected of having heat stroke are requesting a doctor's visit one after another.

One after another of younger generation patients

According to the group "Fast Doctor", which is registered by many doctors who make home visits, the number of patients diagnosed with heat stroke or suspected heat stroke last month doubled from the same month of the previous year.



Patients range in age from children to the elderly, but there are a number of younger patients than last year.

A 6-month-old woman has difficulty getting up ...

A woman in her thirties, six months pregnant, living in Tokyo had a headache, fever, and chills and asked for a home visit.



The woman said she had a severe headache this week when she tried to go out to pick up her child again in the nursery in the evening after she went home after shopping in the neighborhood.



When her doctor visited her, the woman had difficulty getting up, and she was lying on the sofa and breathing painfully.



Her doctor examined the woman and found that she was suspected of having heat stroke, so she was given an IV drip.

"I don't think I'm suffering from heat stroke ..."

A man in his 50s living in Tokyo had dizziness, light-headedness, and a slight fever, so he requested a home visit.



This week, men often wear suits for work and walk outdoors, and he feels dizzy in the evening, so he returns home.



After returning home, he was asked to save electricity in his room and did not turn on the air conditioner, but the nurse instructed him to turn on the air conditioner properly when he received the home visit.



When the doctor visited him, the man was clearly conscious, but he leaned back on the sofa and complained that he was feeling sick and could not drink water.



As a result of a doctor's examination, the man was treated with an intravenous drip because he was highly suspected of having heat stroke.



The man said, "I didn't think he had heat stroke, he just thought he was tired."

"I've never done this before." Even if you take measures against the heat ...

A man in his 80s living in Tokyo was so hot that he couldn't move and asked for a home visit to see if he had heat stroke.



This week, the man was playing golf after taking measures against the heat, such as wearing his hat, and his legs got stuck and went home.



When the doctor visited him, the man complained that his legs were stiff and painful, and that it was difficult to get rid of water.



Men usually refrained from salt because of their high blood pressure, so doctors treated them with IV drip because of lack of salt and possible dehydration.



The man said, "I'm surprised because this has never happened, no matter how hot it was."

Doctor "Be careful even if you are confident in your physical strength"

Dr. Ryo Kikuchi, the representative of "Fast Doctor",



said- "This is a young generation of heat stroke patients, so please be careful even if you are confident in your physical fitness. After spending time in a high temperature environment, please be careful. Even if you have symptoms such as headache, fever, and malaise, it will be easier if you cool your body and take water, but if the treatment does not help, please consider seeing a medical institution. "