The African heat came up: Extreme temperature next week

The last wave of African heat that has hit the country is expected to bring high temperatures over the next week.

According to the synoptians, in the main cities of Albania, such as Tirana, Elbasan, Durres, Berat, Gjirokastra, but temperatures are expected in Kosovo that will exceed 40 degrees C in the shadow. In Tirana, over the weekend the maximum is projected to reach 42 degrees C.

In other areas, the thermometer is expected to mark figures close to 40 degrees C.

Exception makes Corca, where weather is forecast to be less hot, with several lower temperatures.

To protect yourself from the heat of these days, the Institute of Public Health offers some advice:

 The elderly are advised:

• The apartment's internal environments are kept at a constant temperature of about 26 ° C.
• The elderly don't leave the house by 11-18.
• All the time, they consume very cold fluids.
• Dress in open - color wool or cotton outfits.

In addition to the elderly, endangered groups are children, infants, chronically ill people, caregivers, and outside physically.

If someone feels bad at the heat and is waiting for qualified help, it's good:

• You put the person in a cool place.
• Tʹhi cools off by wrapping her in a wet sheet or spraying her with water.
• You drink juice.
• Let's not give him any fever reductions.

 Golden rules for heat:

• Don't go out in the hot watches.
• Wear light clothes.
• Drink two liters of water a day, and eat as much fruit as possible.

Family doctors should bear in mind that symptoms of excessive heat are cramps, edema, skin rash, heat shock, and dehydration. The heat can complicate the situation of patients with hypertension, heart problems, and renal insulin, or using drugs that exacerbate the effects of heat shock.

 Recommendations for workers of the facilities that have older ones who need help

The warning signs to consider are:

• Zaffle
• Understanding
• It pukes.
• Weak pulse
• High temperature

As a precaution, it is wise to obscure common rooms and spaces, maintain an air - conditioning temperature no less than 25 degrees C, check hydration, tension, and temperature of the elderly.

Some rules that will surely help to protect young people's health:

• Do not leave your home during hot hours, and protect your windows from the sun.
• Drink up to two liters of water a day, juices, etc.
• Consuming light foods separated into portions.
• Consume abundant fruits and fresh vegetables.
• Refresh rooms with ventilators or air conditioners, not below 25 degrees C.
• Airen the long - standing car in the sun, opening the doors and setting air conditioning before you move with it.
• Use sunguard equipment, and do not leave children alone in cars.
• Take baths and showers but not below 25 degrees temperatures C.
• Guard drugs from heat sources and direct sunlight.
• Keep in the refrigerator all the drugs that require no temperatures higher than 25-30 degrees C, and all the syrup bottles or dots that just opened.

Children, like adults, receive important benefits from humor, immune systems, bones, and skin. Unwary and irresponsible exposure can have negative consequences, such as sunburning, and in a longer term, the beginning of tumors, including melanomas.

For a safe and healthy summer for our children

What we need to know is that the sun remains a pleasure...

In summer season temperatures increase, the desire and opportunity to benefit from the benefits of this season grow, but at the same time the risk of certain situations affecting our health and our children. If used wisely, so as well as properly, or if exposure to the sun is balanced, The sun is not an enemy of health. 

Sunlight Goods

We all benefit from the sun and know its benefits. The sun feels good, moody, helps produce vitamin D, etc. Sun exposure is essential to health. Vitamin D, which is produced in the skin through exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB), regulates the calcium level in the blood and is necessary for bone and muscle health. Also, small amounts of UV radiation are available to the child's health and to prevent rakki.

ultraviolet rays can also be used as medication. Ultravjollous exposure is recommended for some skin diseases such as acetic dermatitis, psoriasis, teen rash, and so forth; advice is always required with a physician because it determines the time of exposure to the sun, etc.

Dangers of ultraviolet Rays for Children

The sun, apart from the pleasure it gives children to play outdoors, to go to the beach, and so on, has its dangers for which children are not informed. We need to take advantage of the sun but also protect ourselves from it.

Overexploration to ultraviolet rays of the sun provides sudden skin damage such as burns, rashes, and later injuries such as adult skin cancer development. 

Children are more sensitive and exposed than adults. There are many hard data and evidence showing that exposure to UV rays during childhood and adolescence is a risk factor in developing skin cancer at older age. It has also been estimated that the largest exposure to UV radiation takes place throughout life in childhood until the age of 18. Hence, protection in childhood and adolescence by UV rays will in the future reduce the incident of skin cancer.

Today, most people may be familiar with the dangers of the sun to their skin and use protective cream. But they are unaware of the dangers and injuries caused by the sun in their eyes.

When we talk about UV radiation, we talk mainly about UVA and UVB. These rays penetrate the eye at different levels and provide immediate and subsequent injuries such as:

• Contact coupled with mild eyeburning or frying, a sense of eye entry, fear of light, etc.
• Ceratito-Contact associated with the pain of the eyes, eyes that are hard to see, as if they are full of sand, turbulence of sight, etc.

 ·cataract. According to WHO, about 20 %s are caused by ultraviolet exposure, and are the world's first cause of blindness. Although the cataract is added to age, exposure to the sun is the factor of its development and speed.

Thus, protection from ultraviolet rays from childhood and adolescence can reduce health problems that may come to an older age.

Dangers From High Seasons

High temperatures in summer have a negative impact on the child's organism. Children are sensitive to the effects of these temperatures because their metabolism differs from that of adults, the center of temperature adjustment is immature, their perspiration ability is smaller, their body mass is small, and their blood volume. They also rely on others to regulate the temperature of their environment or to provide needed liquids. What causes heat in children:

• Skin irritability from heat, heat rash. Little red feathers appear in parts where the body is warmer, especially on the neck, face, elbow, and knees.
• diarrheal disorders. Diarrhea is characterized by frequent, watery babies (6-7 times a day). Diarrhea is the most frequent among children from six months old to 2.
• I puked. Diarrhea can also be accompanied by vomiting, which is a sign of infections caused by viruses or bacteria. Infections from viruses or bacteria appear more in summer months and are caused by high temperatures or contaminated foods.
• Herpes simplex is the skin infection caused by the same - name virus, appears in the form of a wound, and passes from parent to child through kissing. The skin is red and small rashes appear around the lip and under the nose, which unite and form wounds. The child should be taken to the doctor, and should not be allowed to touch his face.
• Sunshot as a consequence of child exposure in very bright sunlight. Your child sweats, loses liquids, and dehydifies.

How to Protect Our Children From the Sun

Babies from 0-6 months

• Babies of 0-6 months should not be kept or exposed to the sun. Their skin is very sensitive to the sun and has a few melanomas, pigments that give color to the skin, hair, and eyes, providing protection from the sun. Hence, infants are especially sensitive to the effects of the sun.
• Use mobile shields in your car window to protect your children from radiation coming through the window.
• Leave them in the early morning chariot before 10: 00 p.m. and after 17 p.m., using chariot sun protection.
• Wear light cotton clothes that cover your arms and legs.
• Choose a wide hat to protect your child's face, neck, and ears.

Babies from 6-12 months

Babies or babies at this age should be used sun protection cream

• Protection is the same as in small babies, so only now should the sunscreen be used.
• Creatures are used with a protective factor over 20, and the child's discovered parts are painted.
• Very important is that cream is put on a baby about 30 minutes before going out, revising every two hours, washing in the sea, or making too much sweat.

 Young Children 1 through 6

• Make sure your child stays in the shade by 1017. Check the outside environment where your child plays to ensure that he has sufficient shade.
• Make sure that your child is dressed in light cotton clothes, coated with protective cream with a protection factor of over 20 to be a water resistant.
• Children should wear hats and sunglasses. The hat must be wide to protect his neck, face, and ears.

How children can be protected from high temperatures

• In the hot season, a child should be dressed in light cotton clothes, as well as when sleeping.
• The child must be washed with fresh water, and when he has a rash, he must easily dry with a towel.
• Room temperatures aren't high and air travels.

For diarrheal disorders and child feeding

• Respecting the rules of cleanliness, especially washing hands with abundant water and soap.
• Your child should drink as much juices, natural water, vegetable soup, whether he has a stomach or vomit.
• The breastfeeding.
• Using fresh, newly prepared, non-reserved foods.
• Good food processing, full cooking.
• Standing in cool domestic environments, at temperatures of up to 25 degrees and with normal moisture.

Be careful!

Do not expose your children to the sun until the age of six months; use wide - covering hats for all ages; wet your hair often, wear special sun glasses with protective filters, certified with the CE brand; use products for children with protective factors no less than 20; and in the first week, use water - resistant products and protective perspiration with no less than 50; broad clothing made from cotton or freedom.