heat illness
1Heat illness — Calenture redirects here. For the album by The Triffids, see Calenture (album). Heatstroke and Heatstrokes redirect here. For the film, see Heatstroke (film). For the song by Krokus, see Metal Rendez vous. Sunstroke redirects here. For other uses …
2heat illness — /ˈhit ɪlnəs/ (say heet ilnuhs) noun a range of body disorders from swelling and heat rash to heat stroke, caused by high environmental temperature, and characterised by thirst, light headedness, nausea, headache, etc …
3heat|stroke — «HEET STROHK», noun. collapse or sudden illness with fever and dry skin, caused by overexposure to excessive heat, as from the infrared rays of the sun …
4Heat wave — A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. There is no universal definition of a heat wave;cite journal |last=Meehl |first=George A. |coauthors=Tebaldi, Claudia |title=More Intense,… …
5Heat-related illness — A person with symptoms including headache, nausea, and fatigue after exposure to heat probably has some measure of a heat related illness. It is important to recognize the difference between the very serious condition known as heat stroke and… …
6heat stroke — noun illness caused by overheating the human body …
7Foodborne illness — Food safety Terms Foodborne illness Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) …
8Urban heat island — An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas. The temperature difference usually is larger at night than during the day and larger in winter than in summer, and is most apparent… …
92007 Bulgarian heat wave — [ right|thumb|250px|The Jet stream flowed south in the summer of 2007 and pulled in warmer air from the sub tropics and Africa] The 2007 Bulgarian heat wave was a record breaking weather phenomenon that began in late July 2007 with maximum… …
10Ice bath — Champion weightlifter Karyn Marshall took an ice bath after an event in 2011. In sports therapy, an ice bath or sometimes a cold water immersion or cold therapy is a training regimen usually following a period of intense exercise[1] …
