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heatstrokeRise in body temperature caused by excessive exposure to heat. Mild heatstroke is experienced as feverish lassitude, sometimes with simple fainting; recovery is prompt following rest and replenishment of salt lost in sweat. Severe heatstroke causes collapse akin to that seen in acute shock, and is potentially lethal without prompt treatment, including cooling the body carefully and giving fluids to relieve dehydration. Death rates increase by 50% during heatwaves; heat stress is responsible for more deaths than any meteorological cause, including cyclones and floods. |
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In the sweltering summer heat, often exceeding 85 degrees, lack of water is a death sentence for the elderly, the very young and the ill, who easily succumb to heatstroke and dehydration. SANTA CLARITA - They have lost crops to flood and heatstroke, but the simple joy of nurturing unusual seeds and people in need keeps their tractors humming. The heat wave was not France's first, and previous public health reports stressed the serious and often lethal risks of heatstroke for senior citizens and children when temperatures remained well above 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) day and night for several days on end. |
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