Heat stroke emergency treatment
Common Questions and Answers about Heat stroke emergency treatment
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Generally, hydration and cooling are your only treatment options. There is no essential difference in treatment of heat exhaustion or heat stroke between a diabetic and non-diabetic.
As far as heat goes, encouraging hydration is the best way to prevent the problem. Salt tablets are issued in the military, but that is a decision for your medical director.
I was curious if the standard, acute treatment for a hemorrhagic stroke included an emergency vent shunt.
My sixty one year old father suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke 10 months ago. He received a CT scan upon arrival at the emergency room where they determined he had a hemorrhagic stroke. At that point he was considered a 3 on the Glasgow coma scale.
s worth mentioning. ERs are for emergencies and although a heat stroke is a true emergency, you waking up and passing out wouldn't give them the idea that it was heat stroke/exhaustion unless you forfeited the happenings of the prior day. Their job is to make sure you're not actively dying and you weren't, that time passed and you were stable other than probably being very dehydrated at that point. Dehydration usually accompanies any heat injury.
I have heard that once a person has had a heat stroke, they can not tolerate the heat anymore. It seems to do something to our body's chemistry.
I have not had a heat stroke, but, I am extremely heat intolerant. I am always hot, and I must be in the A/C or I get short of breath, PVC's and feel horrible. I am even hot in the winter.
One thing besides heat stroke that can cause heat intolerance is an over-active thyroid and also a lack of natural progesterone.
A year ago I believe I suffered some heat exhaustion/stroke and since then, when i start getting hot during activities, i get chills up and down my spine, arms and legs. My calf muscle on my left side will tingle/becomes numb, i get dizzy , my face gets red, i can feel my heart pounding in my head and my breathing is rapid but shallow and i have trouble regulating it for a few minutes. It scares me.
s actually someone like a real stroke but heat stroke or heat exhaustion affects the brain in a different way and the ongoing symptoms are related to the body's reaction to heat or sun. Not everyone experiences ongoing sensitivity, and yours may ease off. But in my case, it was permanent. I remember those two incidents very well to this day, man I was sick (unbelievable). So in a way I am not surprised.
Hello Dear Respectful Doctors my Father ( 59 year old Orthodontist whom is not diabetic nor hypertensive but has general neuro weakness all over his body developing since the last 2years) was admitted into the emergency department one week ago after he developed what the Doctors first diagnosed as Stroke then Transient Ischemic Attack and then unknown due to the CT Scan and MRI showing nothing according to the neurologist present, he was sitting on the couch normally speaking when suddenly he fe
Were you able to be transported to the ER or doctor's office? Please give me an update?
Another one that is possible is hyperthermia or heat stroke. It may have been hot in the garage and the dog could get heat stroke stuck in a hot unventilated area. Of course, your dog's illness may be unrelated to the garage episode. If unrelated, there could be many possibilities, such as: back pain from disk disease, pain from other causes, such as a soft tissue injury, Lyme or other tick borne disease, dietary indiscretion causing GI discomfort and many more...
When the systole pressure is greater than 180 that is considered a high risk for a stroke. The high pressure can burst the small vessels of the brain causing a stroke so it is necessary to seek immediate treatment to lower the blood pressure.
Thanks for sharing you wife's medical concerns on this forum, and even though there may not be any symptoms, medical attention is necessary. Take care and keep us informed.
its now three weeks but the symptoms persists....
I did my usual 4-mile walk, fell again but got up and kept going. (I suffered a mild stroke 4 years ago that has affected my balance.) I came home and brought four 30-lb. (+ or -) BioBricks upstairs from the cellar for my wood stove. 10 minutes later a sharp pain started suddenly right under my right breast while I was in the shower. This pain started about 45 minutes ago.
One of the big questions asked in an emergency room is that did you lose consciousness first and then fall, or did you simply become weak and then hit your head?
After all this time the condition had stabilized. That means that you don't have to run to the emergency room.
There is a possibility your "passing out" was due to something simple, such as simple systemic vasodilation, or something complex and ominous.
It is unlikely, but possible you have experienced a minor stroke.
I'm in limboland, but I've always been heat sensitive. I had heat stroke when I was younger and have had or been on the edge of heat exhaustion quite a few times.
I strongly dislike summer due to the heat. I'm in upstate NY and our summer isn't horrible, but we tend to be humid. And, I can count on at least 2 weeks worth of 90+ heat (over 100 with the heat index).
In the last year, when I'm overheated it seems worse then it used to.
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