Insolation in children and adults: What should we do?

On the beach, on a terrace, on the street of Cenit … every summer, people too exposed to the sun and the end of the heat are exhausted, victims of what is called insolation. The exacerbated risks during the heat or heat wave periods, as shown at the beginning of the summer. What is it? How to avoid it? Explanations.

“Insolation is what happens when you stay in the sun too long without correctly hydrating,” explains Agnès Ricard-for, Samu-Ugénces spokesman for France, explains to BFMTV.com.

In order not to be confused with its aggravated stadium, the heat stroke or the hot blow, the insolation is the first stage of the problem problem to the sun. The signs are quite clear: headache, generalized weakness, nausea, hot skin and thirst feeling.

In young children, other signs make it easy to identify this evil. “I recommend two things to parents. You must monitor the layer, it must be wet as usual. If it is dry, it is because the child is dehydrated. And it is necessary to offer water regularly, to avoid exposure to the sun,” recommends the emergency doctor.

These signs that need to call 15

Once the signs of the insolation have been identified, it is necessary to judge the intensity of the problem to adapt the answer. In the lighter cases, it is recommended to install the person in a cool place, away from the sun. You have to go to bed under the supervision of a third party.

“If there is a fever, you can put a wet blade in the body, with a fan that cools. But above all, it must hydrate,” says the specialist, who insists on drinking water at room temperature and avoiding alcoholic beverages.

But some signs show superior gravity, including the appearance of confusion, loss of knowledge or even seizures. In this case, we must call 15.

The instructions differ in the youngest. If it is recommended above all to avoid situations of exposure to the sun and heat, it is requested that it be even more attentive to the signs of worsening of the general state. From the first signs, they must cool and in the shadow and rehydrated. But it is also recommended to call 15 “with the slightest doubt” to guide or simply obtain adequate advice.