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  2. How Heat Puts Older People at Risk for Health Issues

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    From now until 2050, the number of people 60 years or older will double to nearly 2.1 billion, making up 21% of the global population, according to projections from the World Health Organization.

  3. Effects of climate change on human health - Wikipedia

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    Health experts warn that "exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of death from cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and respiratory conditions and all-cause mortality. Heat-related deaths in people older than 65 years reached a record high of an estimated 345 000 deaths in 2019".

  4. Extreme heat can disrupt the body's A/C. Then 'you're ... - AOL

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    Heatstrokes can cause severe symptoms, including changes in mental status, coma and seizures.A milder form of heat-related illness, known as heat exhaustion, can cause headache, nausea or dizziness.

  5. Heat illness - Wikipedia

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    Heat illness is a spectrum of disorders due to increased body temperature. It can be caused by either environmental conditions or by exertion. It includes minor conditions such as heat cramps, heat syncope, and heat exhaustion as well as the more severe condition known as heat stroke. [1] It can affect any or all anatomical systems. [2]

  6. Heat exhaustion - Wikipedia

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    Heat exhaustion is a precursor to heat stroke, a severe form of heat-related illness. Heat stroke is more likely than heat exhaustion to cause palor, hot and dry skin, syncope, and dysfunction of the central nervous system (e.g., altered mental status, loss of spatial awareness, loss of bodily movement control, seizures, etc.).

  7. ER doctors weigh in on what extreme heat does to the body - AOL

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    How do you deal with extreme body heat? Arizona ER doctors offer insights on what extreme heat temperatures do to the human body.

  8. How extreme heat takes a toll on the mind and body, according ...

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    Older people, children and those with health conditions can face greater risks when the temperatures are high. During extreme heat events, one of the most common ways people can die is from ...

  9. Heat stroke - Wikipedia

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    Heat stroke or heatstroke, also known as sun-stroke, is a severe heat illness that results in a body temperature greater than 40.0 °C (104.0 °F), [4] along with red skin, headache, dizziness, and confusion. [2] Sweating is generally present in exertional heatstroke, but not in classic heatstroke. [5] The start of heat stroke can be sudden or ...

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