Heat cramps

Introduction Heat cramp is a phenomenon of high temperature heatstroke. Working under dry and hot conditions, sweating excessively, and a lot of NaCl is discharged with sweat, and the limbs and abdominal wall muscles are paralyzed. The patient's temperature does not rise. Supplemental saline can be alleviated. Enthusiasm is usually the first warning of collapse caused by heat. After overwork, the muscles in the arms, legs and abdomen will occur. This is usually caused by lack of body salt (because of excessive sweating, especially insufficient salt). Time).

Cause

Excessive sweating in dry and hot conditions, with the discharge of many NaCl from the sweat, the limbs and abdominal wall muscles.

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The enthusiasm diagnosis can be diagnosed according to the increase in body temperature, muscle spasm and/or syncope during labor and life in a high temperature environment, and other diseases should be excluded.

Differential diagnosis

Enthusiastic differential diagnosis:

1. Sunshot disease: When exercising on the beach, hiking or in the hot summer, due to exposure to the sun for too long, the head lacks protection, and suddenly there is high fever, tinnitus, nausea, headache, vomiting, lethargy, and fear of light stimulation. This is a sunshot disease. Serious sun sickness can also kill, do not carelessly, should be taken urgently.

2, heat exhaustion: in high temperature environment, skin blood flow increased, but not accompanied by visceral vasoconstriction and increased blood volume, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain. Performance: acute onset, slightly higher body temperature, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, sweating, cold skin, pale, blood pressure, pulse, and then fainting.

The enthusiasm diagnosis can be diagnosed according to the increase in body temperature, muscle spasm and/or syncope during labor and life in a high temperature environment, and other diseases should be excluded.

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