A failure of thermoregulatory sweating on exposure to heat as a result of water deprivation and/or inadequate replacement of fluids lost through sweating or by other means (e.g. severe diarrhoea). If untreated this may progress to heat stroke.
Inclusions
Heat prostration due to water depletion
Also indexed as
Heat exhaustion due to fluid depletionHeat exhaustion resulting from water deprivationHeat prostration due to water depletionHeat prostration resulting from lack of waterheat exhaustion due to water depletion