Heat syncope

Heat syncope
Heat syncope
	A Boy Scout at the 1948 Olympic Games faints in the intense heat
Specialty	Emergency medicine

Heat syncope is fainting or dizziness as a result of overheating (syncope is the medical term for fainting). It is a type of heat illness. The basic symptom of heat syncope is fainting, with or without mental confusion.^[1] Heat syncope is caused by peripheral vessel dilation, resulting in diminished blood flow to the brain and dehydration.

^ Binkley HM, Beckett J, Casa DJ, Kleiner DM, Plummer PE (2002). "National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Exertional Heat Illnesses". J Athl Train. 37 (3): 329–343. PMC 164365. PMID 12937591.

[1] Binkley HM, Beckett J, Casa DJ, Kleiner DM, Plummer PE (2002). "National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Exertional Heat Illnesses". J Athl Train. 37 (3): 329–343. PMC 164365. PMID 12937591.

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