Heat Illness

Heat Illness

This article is about heat-related illness. For overheating of the body, see Hyperthermia.

“Calenture” redirects here. For the album by The Triffids, see Calenture (album).

“Heatstroke” and “Heatstrokes” redirect here. For the film, see Heatstroke (film). For the song by Krokus, see Metal Rendez-vous.

Heat stroke

Classification and external resources

ICD-10 T67.0

ICD-9 992.0

DiseasesDB 5690

MedlinePlus 000056

eMedicine med/956

MeSH D018883

Heat exhaustion

Classification and external resources

ICD-10 T67.3- T67.5

ICD-9 992.3-992.5

DiseasesDB 5690

eMedicine emerg/236

MeSH D006359

Heat illness or heat-related illness is a spectrum of disorders due to environmental heat exposure. It includes minor conditions such as heat cramps, heat syncope, and heat exhaustion as well as the more severe condition known as heat stroke.[1]Heat stroke is defined as a body temperature of greater than 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) due to environmental heat exposure with lack of ther more gulation. This is distinct from a fever, where there is a physiological increase in the temperature set point of the body.