With rising temperatures and scorching rays literally pounding down on everything this summer, you are in a bit of a hot spot: literally and figuratively! Living in a tropical zone comes with its own advantages and challenges – and one among these challenges is the potentiality of a sun stroke. Invariably easy to keep at bay, avoiding sun strokes is one thing.

But what if you do wind up struggling under the burden of one?
We have a few useful pointers you can keep in mind, to address a sun stroke naturally!

– Understand your symptoms first. If you suffer from severe headaches, dizziness, sudden chills, very dry and heated skin, cramps in your muscles, vomiting or nausea, heightened heartbeats, unconsciousness and disorientation are common symptoms of sun strokes. In most situations, the symptoms are a combination of one or more of these.
– Start cooling the person down. The first step is to loosen all clothing and make the person comfortable, so that circulation can begin. If you happen to have ice or cold water, put the ice or cold water onto the back, neck and armpit to fight the effects of a sun stroke. Wherever possible, use cold towels and wet towels, even.  Get the person to lie down and lift their feet about 30 centimeters in the air so that they can avoid any potential shock.
– Start cooling the space or surroundings down. The most important thing in sun stroke cases is to ensure that the body is no longer heated. Either lead the person away to a shaded and cool place, or have them placed in a room with a fan, or an air conditioned space. If you don’t have access to the air conditioner, open up all the doors and windows and ventilate the space.
– Start hydrating the patient, and get them to drink water with electrolytes, or have them drink a solution of juice with salt and sugar, so that they can avoid the ill effects of dehydration. Wherever applicable, ensure that their sweating stops by cooling them down suitably. Don’t let them gulp the liquid, gently sipping it in bits and pieces is good.
– Try Home Remedies: A teaspoon of honey mixed with the water in which dried fenugreek leaves have been soaked in can work wonders. Coconut water, fresh lemon juice with salt and sugar and even buttermilk can help cure a sun stroke. Another alternative is to grind tamarind seeds with water, sieve the mix and mix sugar in the water, and then get them to drink the liquid to heal quickly from the sun stroke. Help them concentrate on their breathing so that they can recover from the heat. This can be done slowly by letting the person take deep breaths and letting it out as if one were blowing off steam.

Sun strokes are serious, and if you don’t attend to it soon enough, it can cause dehydration and damage, especially to your brain and internal organs. For the most part, though, sun strokes are curable and easy to attend to with simple home remedies. Stay sun safe!

References:

http://healthmeup.com/
http://www.wikihow.com/
http://www.mayoclinic.org/