Heat stroke by definition: a condition marked especially by cessation of sweating, extremely high body temperature, and collapse that results from prolonged exposure to high temperature.
Down here in the south heat stroke is the cause of quite a few people dying especially the elderly and the children but also the animals. Even people who are in the medical field can succumb to heat stroke as a friend, well-known and beloved by his patients (pediatrician) died this past weekend. It was the Kiawah Island Triathlon and despite his physical well-being he ended up in kidney and liver failure due to the severe heat stroke incurred. He will be sorely missed and I hope the family can eventually move on from this and remember the good times they had.
Exertional heatstroke is generally strenuous physical activity for a prolonged period of time in a hot environment mainly in the young.
Nonexertional heatstroke is generally environmental heat waves usually taxing the elderly who may be sedentary, the ill and the very young.
Please be aware of your family, your friends, your neighbors and yourself of this possibility if your out in the heat doing any sort of physical activity. Summer may be over but the high temperatures are not and with each year that goes by global warming must be considered even if you are living in a place that generally does not receive high temperatures.
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My God, this is so sad. I’ve heard of people dying from heat stroke, but I thought it mainly occurred in the elderly, like you said. I hope his family is doing ok.