HEAT EXHAUSTION
The effect of excessive heat, particularly when combined with high humidity, on a human being. Signs of heat exhaustion include a general weakness, heavy sweating and clammy skin, dizziness and/or fainting, and muscle cramps.
Heat Exhaustion
A mild form of heat stroke, characterized by faintness, dizziness, and heavy sweating.
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Heat Exhaustion
Heavy sweating, weakness, skin cold, pale, and clammy. Pulse thready. Normal temperature possible. Fainting and vomiting.
HEAT EXHAUSTION Introduced to the body by overexposure to high temperatures, particularly when accompanied by high humidity. The body has difficulty in cooling the body.
Mayes listed heat-related problems, in order of severity, as heat cramps (painful muscle cramps), heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
Sunstroke, heat cramps, or heat exhaustion LIKELY, and heatstroke POSSIBLE with prolonged exposure and/or physical activity
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There were several deaths in the 1960 heat wave: five babies and eight adults died, including five found dead beside an outback road. Other victims were admitted to hospital with heat exhaustion, including 18 in Broken Hill.
These conditions can cause fatigue, heat cramps, sunstroke or heat exhaustion in some people. Recently some deaths in the northeastern United States were blamed on a persistent heat wave that produced Heat Index Values of 105 to 115 F.
 See also: Thunder, Maximum, Light, Thunderstorm, Storm
  
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