The definition of heat stress is when your body can no longer regulate your temperature and you become too hot.
Facts About Heat Stress
- A heat stress disorder can occur from these three things: temperatures over 90 degrees, sun exposure, or high humidity.
- Heat stress naturally leads to two other disorders - heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
- Heat exhaustion happens when someone sweats too much and does not drink enough fluids and/or take in enough salt.
- Symptoms of heat exhaustion - Fatigue, sweating, nausea, slightly elevated body temperature, pale and clammy skin that may be flushed
- With heat stroke, the body can no longer maintain its core temperature, sweating stops, and the body temperature rises.
- Symptoms of heat stroke - Cramps, muscle spasms, prickly heat, and fainting
(noun)An example of heat stress is heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and milder conditions like heat cramps.