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Heat emergencies fall into three categories of increasing severity: heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke.Heat illnesses are easily preventable by taking precautions in hot weather.Children, elderly, and obese people have a higher risk of d...
Source:ADAM
Date:June 9, 2008
Heat disorders are a group of physically related illnesses caused by prolonged exposure to hot temperatures, restricted fluid intake, or failure of temperature regulation mechanisms of the body. Disorders of heat exposure include heat cramps, heat...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Heat disorders are a group of physically related illnesses caused by prolonged exposure to hot temperatures, restricted fluid intake, or failure of temperature regulating mechanisms of the body. Disorders of heat exposure include heat cramps, heat...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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