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Abstract
A clinical syndrome caused by heat stress, such as over-exertion in a hot environment or excessive exposure to sun. It is characterized by SWEATING, water (volume) depletion, salt depletion, cool clammy skin, NAUSEA, and HEADACHE.
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- Heat Prostration
- Exhaustion, Heat
- Prostration, Heat
- Heat Collapse
- Collapse, Heat
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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near normal body temperature: do not confuse with HEAT STROKE where body temp is dangerously high; SUNSTROKE is also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Heat Exhaustion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006359. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006359
- Heat Exhaustion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_exhaustion
- Heat Exhaustion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12643772