What is the danger of overheating of the child? What to do when overheating of the baby?

This article is about the causes and consequences of overheating of the child, and how to help the baby cope with him.

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Both an adult and a child under the influence of high temperature, body overheating can occur. You should figure out what to do in such a situation.

Is it possible to overheat a child?

Thermal blow - it can be called an overheating of the body - occurs after a sufficiently long exposure to elevated temperatures on a person, his body. People with weakened immunity are more often subject to overheating, elderly, children.

Important: children are more susceptible to the thermal impact due to the insufficiently formed thermoregulation mechanism.

Overheating of the child can occur:

Due to dehydration of the child's body as a result of high temperature during illness
In hot weather
With the wrong choice of clothing

Important: the first symptoms of overheating can be hidden, not noticeable parents.

A child on the beach without a headdress

Signs and symptoms of overheating of a newborn

It is very important to quickly recognize the overheating of the child in order to get rid of the factors that have influenced its origin and avoid the severe consequences of this ailment.

Symptoms of overheating of the baby can be as follows:

The child refuses to eat
The baby is tormented by thirst
The child became restless and moody
The baby constantly turns his head
The skin of the child has blushed
The skin may turn pale, even blue
The baby's body became hot
The body of the crumbs became wet
Sunken eyes
Swalked fontanel
Dry cavity
The child's body became hot and dry
The lethargy of the baby
The kid falls into deep sleep
The child is unusually tired
The baby's heavy breathing
Weak pulse
Blood from the nose
Possible vomiting
The child has a fever
Elevated to 40 ° C and higher body temperature

Important: signs of overheating of the baby can become prickly and diaper rash. Parents should pay attention to this.

How not to overheat a newborn?

Due to the fact that the consequences of overheating of the baby can be different, it is better to prevent the child’s overheating than then eliminate the urgent problem.

At any time of the year, you should monitor the temperature regime of the room in which the baby is located:

Comfortable temperature for the child-18-22 ° C. You should not wrap the baby much. In this temperature range, the baby does not need a hat and additional socks
Do not have a baby's crib next to heating appliances
It is necessary to constantly ventilate the room in which the baby is located

In the case of a baby's illness, especially if it is accompanied by an increase in body temperature, special attention should be paid to the drinking regime:

Usually, a child during the illness refuses to eat, but in no case should be allowed to refuse to drink. In the case of refusing to drink during increased body temperature, dehydration of the body may occur, and as a result of its overheating

As for walking on the street, you should adhere to the following rules:

If possible, the child should walk every day, regardless of the weather. This will help the small body get used to and adapt to the change of temperatures
However, walks should be excluded on very hot summer days from 11 to 16 hours, as well as in winter, when the temperature drops below 15 ° C
At any time of the year, the baby should be worn according to the weather, there should be no more layers of clothing than yours
Exclude synthetic clothes. It can create the effect of a bath. Give preference to clothes made of natural fabrics - linen, cotton
The baby’s skin is very delicate, so it should get used to the sun gradually. Start with several minutes a day, gradually increasing time
Do not forget to offer the child to drink. It is better to exclude sweet drinks, juices. Give preference to ordinary water, mineral water without gases, cold tea. The amount of fluid drunk in hot weather should increase by one and a half to two times
In hot summer it is better to limit yourself to walks in the shade
The child should not be on the street without a headgear. In the summer it should be - panama, scarf, cap

What to do if you have already overheated a newborn?

At the slightest suspicion of overheating, the child should immediately cause an ambulance.

When recognizing in a newborn overheating, it is necessary to exclude the factors that influenced its origin:

If overheating occurred in the summer on the street, then the child should immediately be carried in the shadow or to the room where the temperature will be much lower than on the street
It is necessary to completely undress the baby, you can only cover with a light diaper
Raise the baby's head, it is desirable that he accepts the position of reclining
In case of loss of consciousness, you should try to bring to the feelings of the baby with ammonia alcohol
If necessary, conduct artificial respiration
For the rapid cooling of the child’s body, you can use a diaper or a towel moistened in cold water. You can wipe the child’s body or wrap it. At home, you can use a cool bathroom
It is necessary to grind the hands and legs of the baby. During overheating, circulation circulation circulation is disturbed
If the child is conscious-you need to let him drink in small portions every 3-5 minutes in order to avoid vomiting

Important: all the actions of others during the thermal blow of the baby should be aimed at reducing the temperature of his body.

Can the temperature rise when overheating of the baby?

Very often there is an increase in the temperature of the child’s body when it overheating. In some cases, it can reach 42 ° C.

With a strong increase in body temperature, you should immediately start knocking it out:

First you can use wraps with cold water
If cold water does not help, it is necessary to take an antipyretic

Important: if a solar blow also joined the heat impact, then paracetamol will not help, because It is aimed at reducing the temperature in case of damage to the body with a virus or infection. If inflamed skin became the cause of the elevated temperature, then it is better to use ibuprofen.

It should be remembered that increased body temperature in a child after overheating can last several days.

Overheating of the child's body in the bathroom

When the child has not yet established the process of thermoregulation, it may overheat it even due to hot water during bathing.

Parents must follow the well -being of their child during bathing. In the event of signs of overheating of the baby, you should immediately stop water procedures and take all measures to return the child to normal.

What will happen if you overheat the child?

About what will happen if we overheated the child we considered in sections above when we talked about the signs and symptoms of overheating of the newborn. The most important task of parents is not to bring the child to such a state.

The consequences of overheating of the child

Symptoms of overheating of the child can be divided into three stages, in this regard, the nature of the consequences of overheating of the child can also be divided:

The mild stage is characterized by the general malaise, weakness, lethargy of the child, refusal of food, reddening individual parts of the body, with a slight increase in body temperature of the baby, evaporates. Nausea, rapid breathing is possible
The average severity of overheating of the child is characterized by fever, severe heat, fainting, and dry skin of the child. In children up to one year, overheating may be accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea, seizures
A severe degree of overheating of the child occurs suddenly. This is a critical moment. The body temperature can rise to the maximum point, then sharply begin to fall. In this case, there is a sharp pale of the skin, up to the blue. The child may lose consciousness. A coma and even death can suddenly occur

Important: the stages of overheating are very quickly replaced by one another. At the first signs of overheating of your baby, take all measures to exclude factors affecting this ailment.

Overheating of the child Komarovsky

Dr. Komarovsky claims that walking with the child, parents should not focus only on their own sensations - this is fundamentally important.

Not always comfortable for the child when you are comfortable. But the child will not always be able to convey your sensations to you, watch your baby.

Due to the immaturity of the child's body, it is difficult for children to lose the temperature with sweat - weak heat transfer.

Symptoms of overheating of a child, as a rule, are sudden acute conditions. The first sign of overheating of the child is rapid breathing.

Factors contributing to the development of overheating from outside:

Too hot
High humidity
Nowhere to hide from sunlight
Excess clothes

Internal factors contributing to overheating:

Liquid deficiency
Diseases of the central nervous system
Overweight
The immaturity of the mechanisms of heat transfer
CNS stimulants
Exercise stress

Prevention of overheating of a child in the summer:

In the heat to be as little as possible
Overheating should be avoided - walking on the street in hot weather is preferably not during the day, but only in the morning and evening hours
Avoid physical exertion in the heat
Sunscreen creams should be used
Food food should be in the evenings
Abundant drink
Daily bathing
Less meat and fats, more vegetables and fruits
Using air conditioners
Headdress and spacious, light, light clothes

Parents should organize the safety of the child at any time of the year.