Summer heat makes people’s body temperatures rise. The body automatically triggers certain functions to keep cool, such as increasing sweating and breathing. However, heat stroke may result when the ambient temperature is too high and physiological self-adjustments fail to control body temperature. So how do we know if heat stroke is imminent? And how can we prevent it?
A 2015 review of research published in Comprehensive Physiology noted that heat stroke is a life-threatening medical condition clinically diagnosed as an immense increase in body temperature accompanied by central nervous system dysfunction. The long-term consequences of heat stroke are thought to be caused by systemic inflammatory response syndrome….