Nowadays, it has become common for people to faint due to the scorching heat. When someone faints in the heat, people often panic and try to give him water immediately, but this can be dangerous.

The heat has started to show its fierce form in Delhi-NCR. In this dangerous weather, the scorching heat and heatwave have a bad effect on people's bodies. Due to which exhaustion, dizziness, dehydration and even fainting occurs. Meanwhile, nowadays it has become common for people to faint due to the scorching heat.

When someone faints in summer, people often panic and try to give him water immediately, but this can be dangerous. In such a situation, let us know what to do if someone faints due to extreme heat and how to save someone's life.

Causes of fainting 

This happens when the body gets too hot and there  is difficulty in cooling it down. Also, excessive sweating reduces the water and salt in the body, which causes blood pressure to drop and less blood reaches the brain and due to this one feels dizzy or faints. Apart from this, it mostly happens when someone is working outside in the sun, is in closed and crowded places, is travelling long distances in a vehicle without AC , is drinking less water or is dehydrated and is a heart or sugar patient. Due to all these things, anyone can faint due to this extreme heat  .

What to do if someone becomes unconscious due to extreme heat  ?

If someone faints due to extreme heat, first of all take the person to a shaded or cool place  .  If you are inside the house, open the closed fan and  window  . Apart from this  , make the person lie down  comfortably  and raise  his legs  a little so that blood can  reach  the brain .  Along with this, if the person   is wearing  tight  clothes ,  loosen  the clothes .  Like open the buttons of the shirt, loosen the belt, wrap cold water or ice and place it on the forehead, neck and wrist  .

When the person regains consciousness, slowly give him cold water or a salt-sugar solution, but do not  give any hot or caffeinated drink.  Apart from this, check whether the heartbeat and breathing are normal or not and if something seems wrong,  call an ambulance.  If the person does not regain consciousness even after 1-2 minutes, take him to the hospital immediately  . Apart from this, if someone faints due to extreme heat, take care not to crowd around the person  , do not  forcefully  shake him  or  slap  him, do not forcefully give the unconscious person anything to drink or eat and do not leave the unconscious person alone  .

These signs come before fainting 

The body gives some signals before fainting due to extreme heat  .  If attention is paid to these signals in time, big problems can be avoided. Many times before fainting, the person feels dizzy or lightheaded, heart beat increases, apart from this,  the body sweats a lot during heat exhaustion. This can cause the skin to feel cold, wet and sticky, vomiting or nausea, excessive sweating  , fatigue or weakness and many times before fainting, the effect of heat falls on the head. The person also starts having difficulty in understanding things.