Purpose: To describe the epidemiology of exertional heatillness in high school athletes.
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Infants and children ages 4 and younger are at an increased risk for heatillness.
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Implementing effective preventive measures depends on increasing awareness of exertional heatillness and relevant preventive and therapeutic countermeasures.
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Background: It is estimated that more than 9000 high school athletes are treated for exertional heatillness annually.
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The authors recommend incorporating the risk of exertional heatillness in health impact assessments and deploying heat management strategies.
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A new study, released last week, predicts that a warming climate will drive thousands to emergency rooms for heatillness.
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Dehydration, heart disease, sunburn, alcohol use, fever and taking certain medications are situations that put you at greater risk for heatillness.
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Conclusions: With adults failing to modify behavior on hot days, cities may be placing adults at increased risk of exertional heatillness.
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Instead of reveling in her accomplishment, Wozniacki was worrying about Peng Shuai, who had succumbed to heatillness during their semifinal match Friday.
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Conditions diagnosed as heatillness or heat stroke rose nearly four-fold for every 10-degree climb on the thermometer, and dehydration visits increased by 25 percent.
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Heatillnesses are possible in areas with hot temperatures and high humidity.
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Data regarding demographic characteristics, KAP, and heatillnesses were collected using a structured questionnaire.
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Conclusions: Although most exertional heatillnesses occurred in football, athletes in all sports and all geographic areas are at risk.
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Heatillness ranges from heat rash to cramps to exhaustion-the most common type of heat illness-to stroke, which can cause permanent damage or death.
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Of the exertional heatillnesses reported during practice, almost one third (32.0%) occurred more than 2 hours into the practice session.
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In 2014, four days of the tournament exceeded 41C, over 1000 attendees were treated for heatillnesses, and nine players were forced to withdraw.