Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Symptoms

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6. Hyperthermia

Hyperthermia is an abnormal increase in body temperature. It can be due to being in a very hot environment or due to something being wrong with the parts of the body that control how our temperature is regulated. Hyperthermia should not be confused with hypothermia which is a decrease in the body temperature. Hyperthermia is slightly different from fever in that, when caused by the body itself, will raise above temperatures that a fever will normally stop at.

Dopamine has a direct effect on the part of the brain that controls our body temperature. It therefore comes as no surprise that a symptom of NMS is an increased temperature.⁴Tse, Lurdes et al. “Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A Review from a Clinically Oriented Perspective.” Current neuropharmacology vol. 13,3 (2015): 395-406. doi:10.2174/1570159x13999150424113345

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Symptoms

6. Hyperthermia

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