What to do in case of poisoning with increasing temperature? Bashny.Net

Food poisoning are quite frequent. The cause of intoxication may be incorrectly prepared food, spoiled food, alcohol abuse, and reaction to some medications.





 

One of the first symptoms is fever. Also, because intoxication occurs through the digestive system, its effects are felt primarily in the gastrointestinal tract. A person can begin to feel a sharp pain in the stomach or intestines, which is accompanied by General weakness, nausea and vomiting. Ways the body tries as soon as possible to get rid of selected hazardous substances.

For effective gastric lavage is used 2-5% solution of soda or slightly pink solution of manganese. It uses up to 3-4 liters of fluid. At home, you can take 3-4 cups of the solution inside, and then induce vomiting. Keep in mind that children under the age of 5 years, such procedures are contraindicated!

It happens that after the poisoning the body does not accept even clean water. In this case, can become dehydrated, dramatically reduced the pressure, the person turns pale and begins to lose consciousness. In this case, he needs urgent medical assistance.

With increasing temperature the patient should urgently take a gastric lavage and then give activated charcoal at the rate of one tablet per 10 kg of body weight. If the temperature is still not reduced, you can make a wet compress on his forehead. Thus it is necessary to proceed with caution and try to avoid hypothermia, which can cause serious complications.

A few hours after the administration of activated charcoal needed to make the patient a cleansing enema for the removal of remaining harmful substances. The procedure should be repeated several times at intervals of 2-3 hours.

If using the compresses and cleansing of the body temperature to shoot down and failed, you can use antipyretics. However, it is necessary to carefully calculate the dosage, because the body continues to fight the toxins and can negatively react to any chemical. Therefore, medication is recommended to use with increasing temperature.

In some cases the temperature during intoxication is not increased, but has decreased, and the patient starts shivering. Then it should be well warm by putting a heating pad to the feet and covering with a warm blanket. It is also recommended to give him to drink a glass of hot tea, with milk, honey or lemon, but it is better without sugar. It will be useful and have a mulled drink, juice or another vitamin drink.

In any case, it should be remembered that in cases of poisoning, it is first necessary to bring the body of harmful substances and to take all necessary measures to normalize the temperature.published

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