10 Signs of Heat Stroke
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Heat Stroke Sign #5: Rapid Heartbeat
Heat stroke can also cause your heart to beat faster and your breathing to hasten. This happens because of the inability of the body to lower its internal temperature by way of sweating. In a further bid to lower the internal temperature, the heart starts to beat more rapidly in a quest to get more blood to the skin and the limbs. These are the places where more heat can be radiated out into the surroundings.
Unfortunately, without sweating, little heat is lost even when large volumes of blood flow to the skin. By blood flowing to the skin and the legs, it can cause a drop in blood pressure. As a result, even with a faster heartbeat, there may be little blood to pump to the rest of the body.
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