Heat Stress Disorders

Introduction: Heat Stress Disorders

Description of Heat Stress Disorders

Heat Stress Disorders: A group of conditions due to overexposure to or overexertion in excess environmental temperature. It includes heat cramps, which are non-emergent and treated by salt replacement; HEAT EXHAUSTION, which is more serious, treated with fluid and salt replacement; and HEAT STROKE, a condition most commonly affecting extremes of age, especially the elderly, accompanied by convulsions, delusions, or coma and treated with cooling the body and replacement of fluids and salts. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992).
Source: MeSH 2007

Heat Stress Disorders: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Heat Stress Disorders:

• Heat
• Stress

Terms associated with Heat Stress Disorders:

Terms Similar to Heat Stress Disorders:

• Heat Cramps
• Heat Stress Syndromes

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Heat Stress Disorders:

• Heat Exhaustion
• Heat Stroke

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Heat Stress Disorders

• Wounds and Injuries

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Heat Stress Disorders

The following list attempts to classify Heat Stress Disorders into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Disorders of Environmental Origin
  • Wounds and Injuries
    • Heat Stress Disorders

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