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Heat Stroke Literature Review

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Chapter 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter discusses the conceptual and research literature of this study. The review of literature consists information gathered from books, journals, theses, online resources and varied unpublished materials that provided the researches with the necessary background knowledge to pursue the study. The conceptual literature includes the following topics: (a) Heat Stroke, (b) Epidemiology of Heat Stroke, (c) Pathophysiology of Heat Stroke, (d) Preventive Behavior regarding Heat Stroke, and (e) Nursing Management for Heat Stroke. The research literature will include researches that are relevant to this study.
Conceptual Literature
Heat Stroke Stoppler (2010) said that heat stroke is a form of hyperthermia or heat related illness, an abnormally elevated body temperature with accompanying physical symptoms including changes in the nervous system function Heat stroke generally occurs when an individual has been too hot for …show more content…

He also said that when a person becomes too hot and loses water and salt, it can lead to tiredness, weakness and as well as muscle cramps and this is known as heat exhaustion. When the body loses the ability to maintain the desired or normal temperature, it becomes high and dangerous and this is referred to as heatstroke. Likewise, Helman (2016) has a similar description of heat stroke as Newman (2016) and Stoppler (2010) but she gave more details about it and she included the two types of heat stroke. Helman (2016) said that heat illness is viewed as a continuum of illnesses related to the body’s failure to cope with heat. She listed minor illnesses related to heat which are heat edema, heat rash (prickly heat), heat cramps, tetany, as well as heat syncope and heat exhaustion. Stoppler (2016) affirmed that heat stroke is the most severe form of heat related

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