heat cramps

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heat cramps [′hēt ‚kramps]

(medicine)

Painful voluntary-muscle spasm and cramps following strenuous exercise, usually in persons in good physical condition, due to loss of sodium chloride and water from excessive sweating.

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No references found			Heat syncope, heat cramps and heat exhaustion can be treated by having the patient lie down in a cool, shaded area. Heat Related Health Problems by Brenda Williams / Food/cooking/nutrition community Heat cramps and heat exhaustion can be treated by resting in a cool or shaded place, loosening clothing and drinking fluids slowly. Keeping it cool by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Heat cramps are painful spasms usually in the leg or stomach muscles accompanied by heavy sweating. Simple precautions help beat summer heat by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)			hearth roasting hearth trimmer hearthstone hearting heartland Heartlessness heartrot hearts heartwater disease Heartwood heartworm Heat heat and smoke vent Heat Balance Heat Balance of the Earth Heat Balance, Oceanic heat barrier heat budget Heat Capacity heat check heat coil heat conduction heat conductivity heat content heat convection heat cramps heat cycle heat death Heat Death of the Universe heat detector heat development heat dissipation heat distortion point Heat Distribution Point heat dump Heat Elimination heat energy Heat Engine Heat Engineering Heat Engineering Institute Heat Equation heat equator Heat Equivalent of Mechanical Energy heat exchange Heat Exchanger heat exhaustion Heat Filter Heat Flow heat flow equation heat flow province heat flux			Heat Capacity Mapping Radiometer Heat change Heat change Heat change Heat change heat check Heat Code Database Heat coil Heat Collection Element heat concentrated synthetic medium (HCSM) tuberculin heat concentrated synthetic medium (HCSM) tuberculin heat concentrated synthetic medium (HCSM) tuberculin Heat conduction Heat Conduction Equation Heat conductivity Heat conductivity Heat conductor Heat Conservation heat content heat content heat content Heat convection heat cradle heat cradle heat cradle heat cradle Heat cramp Heat cramp Heat cramp Heat cramp heat cramps heat cycle Heat Damaged Red Blood Cell Heat death Heat death Heat death of the universe Heat death of the universe heat deaths heat deaths Heat deflection temperature Heat Delirium Heat Delirium Heat Delirium Heat detector Heat detector heat development Heat Diffusion Heat Diffusion Equation Heat Disorders heat dissipation heat dissipation Heat Dissipation Unit heat distortion point Heat Distortion Temperature Heat Distribution Point heat dump Heat Elimination heat energy heat energy heat engine heat engine

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