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  2. Heat exhaustion - Wikipedia

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    Heat exhaustion is a heat-related illness characterized by the body's inability to effectively cool itself, typically occurring in high ambient temperatures or during intense physical exertion. In heat exhaustion, core body temperature ranges from 37 °C to 40 °C (98.6 °F to 104 °F).

  3. Heat syncope - Wikipedia

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    Physical activity in extremely hot weather should be avoided. If a person starts to experience over heating, and symptoms of heat syncope, they should move or be moved to a shaded or cool area. It is also recommended to avoid alcoholic beverages in hot weather, because they cause dehydration which may worsen symptoms.

  4. 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]

  5. Hypothermia - Wikipedia

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    Until the body temperature is raised to near-normal levels: Types: Primary hypothermia: caused by exposure to a cold environment; Secondary hypothermia: caused by an underlying pathology that prevents the body from generating enough core heat. Causes: Mainly exposure to cold weather and cold water immersion: Risk factors

  6. Heat intolerance - Wikipedia

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    Feeling subjectively hot; Sweating, which may be excessive; In patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), heat intolerance may cause a pseudoexacerbation, which is a temporary worsening of MS-related symptoms. A temporary worsening of symptoms can also happen in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and dysautonomia ...

  7. 9 types of food that provide comfort during hot flashes - AOL

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    That means even when your body is at a normal temperature, the brain continues to turn the temperature up and down, causing hot flashes, explains Yves-Richard Dole, M.D., a board-certified ...

  8. Heat stroke - Wikipedia

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    Light, loose-fitting clothes will allow perspiration to evaporate and cool the body. Wide-brimmed hats in light colors help prevent the sun from warming the head and neck. Vents on a hat will help cool the head, as will sweatbands wetted with cool water. Strenuous exercise should be avoided during hot weather, especially in the sun peak hours.

  9. Perspiration - Wikipedia

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    Although sweating is found in a wide variety of mammals, [6] [7] relatively few (apart from humans, horses, some primates and some bovidae) produce sweat in order to cool down. [8] In horses, such cooling sweat is created by apocrine glands [ 9 ] and contains a wetting agent, the protein latherin which transfers from the skin to the surface of ...