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The first step in the treatment of stroke is to reduce body temperature by cooling the body from the outside. This can be done to remove or excessively tight clothing, spraying the person with water, pouring fresh air on the person or the person gently wrapped with wet sheets. Alternatively, ice cubes can be placed on the neck, groin or armpits to accelerate cooling.

If these methods do not lower the temperature enough, a doctor may try to reduce it internally to the stomach or rectum rinse with cold water. Severe cases may require a bypass (deviation) cardiopulmonary, which deviates blood from the heart and lungs of the person to a machine that cooled and then re-enter the blood in the body. Read the rest of this entry »

Duration

It is common for a person with heat stroke have to stay hospitalized for one or more days so they can quickly identify complications. Full recovery from stroke and its effect on the body’s organs could take two months to a year.

Prevention

- Most cases of heat stroke can be prevented. When the outside temperature is particularly high
drink plenty of water throughout the day
- stay within a climate controlled environment whenever you feel too hot
- Wear light-colored clothing, preferably with open weave that allows air to enter Read the rest of this entry »

Symptoms

Heat stroke can be sudden, but often presents with symptoms of warning, these include:
- abdominal cramps
- muscle cramps
- sickness
- vomiting
- headache
- dizziness
- weakness
- excessive sweating or no sweating
- When heat stroke occurs, neurological symptoms may include:
- strange or bizarre behavior
- irritability
- delusions
- hallucinations
- seizures
- coma Read the rest of this entry »

Extreme heat can affect internal organs and cause degradation of heart muscle cells and blood vessels, internal organ damage and death. There are two main causes of heat stroke:

- Heat exhaustion occurs when someone makes vigorous physical activity in hot environments, eg sports a summer day or engage in intense military training. It typically affects young healthy people, those least likely to worry about the effects of heat on their health. Because of this lack of concern, the first symptoms may be discarded or ignored.
- Sunstroke “classic” tends to occur in people who have less ability to regulate body temperature, as adults, very young children or people with chronic diseases. The excess heat from the environment without vigorous physical activity, can cause enough to cause heat stroke in these people. Read the rest of this entry »

Generally, the human body to regulate its temperature. When the body gets very hot, cool uses several strategies, including perspiration. But if a person spends too much time to heat without drinking enough fluids, the cooling of the body can not function properly. When the body becomes dehydrated and can not cool itself by sweating. When this happens, the body temperature may rise enough to cause nausea in a person.

The first symptoms of heat stroke occurs when body temperature rises above normal and may include headache, nausea, vomiting, muscle cramps and fatigue. These early symptoms are sometimes called heat exhaustion. If no action is taken to reduce the temperature, heat exhaustion can worsen and cause a stroke. Read the rest of this entry »