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Also, chronic health conditions and medications can change how older adults’ bodies respond to heat. Common types of heat-related illnesses that affect older adults include heat cramps, heat ...
Heat stroke is the most serious heat-related illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It happens when the body loses the ability to cool itself. It happens when the ...
Heat stress can decrease athletic performance and increase risk for heat illness, which is a type of exertional heat stroke and the leading cause of death of young athletes in the US, says Dr ...
Heat syncope is fainting or dizziness as a result of overheating (syncope is the medical term for fainting). It is a type of heat illness. The basic symptom of heat syncope is fainting, with or without mental confusion. [1] Heat syncope is caused by peripheral vessel dilation, resulting in diminished blood flow to the brain and dehydration.
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.).
An excessive heat warning is a notice issued by the National Weather Service of the United States within 12 hours of the heat index reaching one of two criteria levels. In most areas, a warning will be issued if there is a heat index of at least 105 °F (41 °C) for more than three hours per day for two consecutive days, or if the heat index is greater than 115 °F (46 °C) for any period of time.
It's going to get hot in Ohio next week. The National Weather Service is forecasting a heat wave for most of Ohio, with high temperatures in the 90s and the heat index making it feel like 100 or more.
A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in April found that there were nearly 120,000 heat-related emergency room visits in 2023, and 90% of them happened between May ...