The heat wave that came after the rainy season, 'Thermal Disease' What is the best way to prevent it?
Aug 06, 2024
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According to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security 'Report on Heat Wave Response', the cumulative number of heat-related diseases from May 20 to August 3 was 1546, which is 10 more than the same period last year.
Since the rainy season is over, the risk of heat diseases such as sunstroke and heatstroke is increasing due to the heat wave that continues every day, so be careful.
The problem is that this heat wave is expected to continue for the time being. Therefore, caution and immediate response to thermal diseases are required. It is important to reduce outdoor activities between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m., when the temperature is high, and to drink enough water through water or ion drinks.
Thermal disease refers to a disease that occurs when exposed to indoor and outdoor high temperatures for a long time. Heat diseases include heat stroke, a severe heat-related disease, and heat cramps, heat fainting, and heat fatigue, which are non-severe heat-related diseases.
The elderly, the elderly living alone with poor residential conditions, and residents of underground and rooftop houses are vulnerable to heat waves, and they should pay more attention to preventing heat diseases than ever. In particular, when symptoms of heat-related diseases such as dizziness, vomiting, and fainting occur, you should immediately rest and lower your body temperature, and in severe cases, visit a hospital quickly.
Jeong Hwi-soo, a family medicine specialist at H Plus Yangji Hospital, said "Heatstroke, a fatal heat illness with a mortality rate of 30 to 80%, can lead to a coma in severe cases due to paralysis of the central nervous system caused by high temperatures."It occurs frequently in severely ill patients such as the elderly, heart disease, diabetes, and other people who are mainly outdoors, and heat stroke is accompanied by a high fever, pale face, vomiting, cold sweat, and headache symptoms."
Heat exhaustion, heat fainting, and heat cramps are non-diagnostic heat-related diseases that cause headaches, dizziness, lethargy, and tachycardia, which speed up more than 100 times per minute due to prolonged exposure to strong sunlight and high temperatures. If you have these symptoms, you should immediately rest in the shade and loosen the buttons for blood circulation, raise your legs above your head, and replenish your body's moisture with water and ion drink intake.
Sufficient water intake is essential to prevent heat diseases. However, alcohol and caffeine drinks such as beer and coffee should be avoided as much as possible. These drinks have an instantaneous thirst quenching effect, but they can cause dehydration due to strong diuretic effects. On the other hand, the elderly are very vulnerable to heat waves compared to other age groups, so they should refrain from outdoor activities as much as possible.
Chung Hwi-soo, a specialist, emphasized that `It is important to follow health rules and cope with heat diseases because patients with cardiovascular chronic diseases as well as carotid or cerebral artery stenosis are known to have a higher rate of stroke in summer than in winter.'
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