Heat exhaustion: major cause of preventable morbidity worldwide. See detailed information below for a list of 46 causes of Heat exhaustion, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Heat exhaustion: a form of reaction to heat, marked by prostration, weakness, and collapse, resulting from severe dehydration.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Overexposure to heat or overexertion most common in old age or infancy but especially in the elderly, accompanied by convulsions, delusions, or coma. It is treated by cooling the body and replacing fluids and salts. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992, p282)
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A condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
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The list below shows some of the causes of Heat exhaustion mentioned in various sources:
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Heat exhaustion. Of the 46 causes of Heat exhaustion that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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The following list of conditions have 'Heat exhaustion' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Heat exhaustion based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Heatstroke, Siriasis, Sun stroke, Heat apoplexy
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Symptoms related to Heat exhaustion:
Dehydration (159 causes), Hot environment, Sunstroke, Hyperthermia, Pyrexia, Body temperature, Fever (1552 causes)
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