Heat stroke is a severe, life-threatening condition marked by body overheating, with body temperatures above 104°F (40°C). Heat exhaustion is milder form of heat-related illness that can precede heat stroke, having symptoms like sweating and rapid puls
Severe (< 28 °C)Moderate (28°–32 °C)Mild (32°–35 °C)37° ± 1 °CHeat exhaustionHeat stroke (> 40.5 °C) Mental status Delirium, hallucinations, coma, may mimic death Fatigue, agitation, confusion, hallucinations, lethargy, amnesia, paradoxical undressing Impaired judgment, amnesia ...
BenMAP does not include information on renal or heat-related (i.e., specific effects of heat such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke) hospitalization rates. Therefore, annual warm season (May–September) renal hospitalization rates were estimated from a Michigan study of EH and hospitalization for...