Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke Symptoms

Heat exhaustion symptoms

• Often pale with cool, moist skin
  
  
• Sweating profusely
  
  
• Muscle cramps or pains
  
  
• Feels faint or dizzy
  
  
• May complain of headache, weakness, thirst, and nausea
  
  
• Core (rectal) temperature elevated—usually more than 100°F—and the pulse rate increased

Heat stroke symptoms

• Unconscious or has a markedly abnormal mental status (dizziness, confusion, hallucinations, or coma)
  
  
• Flushed, hot, and dry skin (although it may be moist initially from previous sweating or from attempts to cool the person with water)
  
  
• May have slightly elevated blood pressure at first that falls later
  
  
• May be hyperventilating
  
  
• Rectal (core) temperature of 105°F or more