How to Treat Heat Stroke at Home?

The blazing summer sun can affect your body in a very negative way. Not only the chances of your dull complexion increases but also the summer sun can suck away all your energy, making you feel lethargic and weak. Extreme dehydration and skin burns can occur and that is what altogether called – Heat Stroke.

Although the symptoms of the heat stroke can be diverse, the most common symptoms seen in the heat stroke sufferers include:

1. Throbbing Headache
2. Increased Body Temperature up to 40^oC
3. Increased heart rate
4. Flushing and redness
5. Nausea and vomiting
6. Excessive sweating and Dizziness

In worse conditions, the heat strokes might end to a comma, hence making it life threating. Although sun stroke or heat stroke is a serious condition, fortunately, you can treat it at your home easily using few ingredients in your medicine cabinet.

 

Treating Sun Stroke Using Natural Remedies:

Before you pop up any pills, try out these amazing remedies to treat the heat stroke:

#1: Buttermilk for Heat Stroke:

Buttermilk is a really good source of probiotics and electrolytes that are lost due to the heat and the sun through sweating. It helps the body to replenish all the essential minerals and vitamins, thereby leaving your body hale and hearty.

How to Use Buttermilk for heat stroke: Blend the yogurt with water and add salt and cumin powder in it. Drink chill.

#2: Cold Bath:

The cold bath is definitely the one most effective treatment for the heat stroke because of the fact that cold water provides body its normal temperature that is raised due to blazing heat outside. For this, soak yourself in the bathtub full of cold water for 20-30 minutes. You can repeat this treatment for as many times as you want to overcome with the signs of heat stroke.

#3: Apple Cider Vinegar:

Call it miracle vinegar as it can rejuvenate the body and provide it with all minerals and vitamins that were lost due to excess sweating.

How to Use Apple Cider Vinegar for Heat Stroke: Mix a tbsp. of apple cider vinegar in a glass full of water and drink this solution, if you feel dizzy or weak after coming from the sun.

Although, these remedies will help you to treat the heat stroke, you have to take some precautions as well. Always cover your head with a scarf when going outside. Wear your sunscreen on a regular basis and stay hydrated!