The story of a teenage boy who was in a hot summer day was almost a transplant for a heat stroke.
According to the British media Daily Mail, Wilkoen, who was 15 years old in July 2023, was running on a forest path near the house in Lincoln’s house with his brother George (22). At the time, the temperature was about 20 ° C, but it was a healthy child, and immediately after suffering nearly 40 ° C heat in Egypt, who went on a family trip a week ago, Will’s mother didn’t worry much.
But Will suddenly began to get dizzy and confused while running about half. Shortly afterwards, he lost his consciousness and fell, and he urgently contacted his mother. Hyung George used the location sharing app installed on the mobile phone to deliver the exact location to the emergency rescue team, and immediately arrived the rescue team to the nearest hospital.
The hospital diagnosed that the liver and kidney function has been reduced due to the exhertional heat stroke caused by intense physical activity in hot weather. Heat stroke occurs when the body temperature rises sharply to 40 ° C because the heat dissipation of the body does not work smoothly. As the body temperature increases, the internal organs can be damaged, which can lead to irreversible damage or long -term failure.
As the condition was so severe, Will has to be taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital to consider the possibility of liver transplantation. Luckily, however, the liver function was gradually recovering, and he was able to be discharged in four days of hospitalization. The medical staff explained that he drank 1.5L while Will was running, but he had a lack of moisture in the body due to the upset stomach.
After recovery, Will said, “In the hot weather in the summer, you should listen to the signal you send, and if you feel strange, you should stop the activity.”
Heat stroke that the nervous system that controls body temperature is lost. The most dangerous of thermal diseases
The British National Health Service (NHS) is a symptom of heat stroke, including fatigue, high fever, excessive sweating, thirst, decay, fast breathing and heart rate, headache, nausea, pale and damp skin. If these symptoms appear, you should immediately move to a cool place to relax and replenish moisture.
If the symptoms do not improve within 30 minutes, or if the symptoms of high fever, fast pulse and breathing, seizures or convulsions, loss of consciousness, and hot skin without sweating, etc.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that when a heat stroke occurs, it is immediately reported to 119, △ moving to a cool place △ loosening clothes and moistening cool water to cool down with debt or fan, △ lowering the neck, armpits, and hesitation when there is an ice bag. Also, it is dangerous to have a drink for a conscious patient, so never.
