Abstract
This article examines environmental illness in athletes. Causes, symptoms, and treatment of heat-related illness, cold-related illness, and altitude-related illness are discussed.
MeSH terms
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Acclimatization
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Altitude Sickness / diagnosis
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Altitude Sickness / therapy
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Body Temperature Regulation / physiology
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Dehydration / etiology
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Dehydration / prevention & control
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Edema / diagnosis
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Edema / etiology
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Edema / therapy
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Environmental Illness / complications
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Environmental Illness / diagnosis*
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Environmental Illness / physiopathology
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Environmental Illness / therapy*
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Frostbite / diagnosis
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Frostbite / therapy
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Heat Stress Disorders / complications
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Heat Stress Disorders / diagnosis
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Heat Stress Disorders / physiopathology
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Heat Stress Disorders / therapy
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Humans
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Hypothermia / diagnosis
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Hypothermia / physiopathology
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Hypothermia / therapy
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Miliaria / diagnosis
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Miliaria / therapy
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Rewarming / methods
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Risk Factors
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Sports Medicine / methods*
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Sunburn / diagnosis
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Sunburn / therapy
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Syncope / diagnosis
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Syncope / etiology
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Syncope / therapy
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Tetany / diagnosis
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Tetany / etiology
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Tetany / therapy
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Work Capacity Evaluation