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China/Zhejiang - High temperature in Hangzhou: increasing trend in stroke patients, high incidence of fever, flu disease in children

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Hangzhou lock "high temperature mode" Older people most vulnerable to heat stroke, doctors recommend reducing out

July 24, 2013 20:45:32 Source: Zhejiang Online

Hangzhou, Zhejiang Online News July 24 (Reporter Wang Yang) Today 9:25, Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory issued a high temperature orange warning signal. This afternoon, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing and more heat released red alert, Zhejiang province a total of more than 10 cities into the 40 ℃ mark. Walking in the streets under the hot grill, reporters have a feeling about to be melted. View Ben earlier manuscript : Zhejiang dozen cities into the lake Shao Expressway 40 ℃ mark bursts of high temperature red warning

Most vulnerable to heat hot days the elderly

Weather a hot, people prone to a variety of physical discomfort, ran to the hospital and who will be more. Reporters came this afternoon Hangzhou First People's Hospital, found that people who queue up quite a bit.

"This year's heat comes a little bit violent. Compared with previous years, this summer to be hotter some, but to people in general hospital almost a year, but there is an increasing trend in stroke patients." Hangzhou, a hospital emergency department, deputy director Wang Yi said.

Dr. Wang told Zhejiang Online reporter at high temperature operating conditions of workers, police and humid environments frail elderly persons living under the most vulnerable to heat. Especially the elderly, because of their own organ function is relatively weak, a greater chance of heat stroke.

For reasons of heat stroke, Dr. Wang made a professional explanation. He said that in the hot days, the skin needs to exhaust heat. Because skin blood vessels to dilate, blood circulation and the major organs of the peripheral blood of melting capacity will decline, resulting in insufficient blood supply fatigue, dizziness, loss of appetite and other symptoms.

"Many older people are suffering from cerebral infarction, organ failure and other diseases, in which case they are more vulnerable to heat, so there is a family should pay more attention to the elderly."

Dr. Wang said that in this month, the hospital had received over a heat stroke from Yuhang old, 80 years old. When the old man was sent over a deep coma, temperature 40 ℃, in the hospital for a week, and we go up.
"The old man lives alone at home without air conditioning, heat stroke after a fall at his home. Fortunately family later found, otherwise the consequences could be disastrous." Dr. Wang said.

Dr. Wang said that, compared with previous years, this year there is an increasing trend in stroke patients, he reminded the public is best to reduce hot days out, add more water and electrolytes, portable Huoxiang, benevolence Dan heatstroke medicine.

Summer is also a high incidence of fever flu disease

Summer heat, the general feeling is that people sweat more, easy to feel fatigue, dizziness, loss of appetite, but there are some people in the summer but fever cold symptoms.

"Fever cold in the winter more often because cold caused by the summer heat cold is due to virus infection, causing physical discomfort." Zhejiang child protection Yangzi Hao, deputy director of the hospital emergency department said.

Dr. Yang said that these days of high temperatures in Hangzhou, emergency department febrile patients received daily are also many, many children are in the 39.5 or even body temperature 40 ℃. Fever symptoms will be severe convulsions.

For viral infection caused by fever colds, Dr Yeoh said, hospitals generally do different treatment depending on the circumstances. Fever above 39 ℃, the doctor will let kids eat antipyretics. The fever is less than 39 ℃, the doctor will recommend parents to take physical cooling measures, such as warm water wipe, hot bath, drink plenty of water and so on.

"Compared with the cold of winter heating, summer fever colds more difficult because unlike the winter, the ambient temperature is relatively low, the children in the hospital on the way the cold wind perhaps naturally the fever." Dr. Yang said.

Of course, because blowing air caused by fever flu patients, there are many, but not the main reason. Dr. Yang suggested, air conditioning and outdoor environment should not be too abrupt transformation, temperature maintained at 5 ℃ enough. Do not open the night air is too low, 28 ℃ more appropriate.

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