When someone is overheated, it means that the body was exposed to heat, humidity and or overexertion and couldn't control the internal body ... AllPostsAllergiesGeneralVitaminsMoldPillsandPrescriptionsLymeDiseaseMastCellActivationSyndromeRadioandPressHistamineIntoleranceCoronavirusSearchLogin/SignupDr.TaniaDempseyAug8,20173minreadTop5SignsYourBodyisOverheatedthisSummerUpdated:Aug25,2020Whensomeoneisoverheated,itmeansthatthebodywasexposedtoheat,humidityandoroverexertionandcouldn'tcontroltheinternalbodytemperatureenoughthroughsweating.Therearedifferentstagesofoverheating.Theworstisaheatstroke,whenthebodytemperaturereaches104degreesorhigher.Whyisitdangeroustobeoverheated?Overheatingcanleadtodeathifnottreatedemergently.Themostsevereformofoverheatingisheatstroke,butexposuretohightemperaturescanleadtootherheatrelatedillnesses,suchasheatexhaustion,heatcramps,heatrashandheatsyncope(fainting).Thesemilderformsofoverheatingcanprogresstoheatstroke,soitisimportanttoaddressthemimmediately.Gettingoutoftheheatandintoacoolplace,drinkinglotsofwater,coolingthebodydownwithcoolwateroricepacksandlyingorsittingdowncanallhelp.Aheatstrokeoccursifthebodytemperaturecontinuestoriseuncontrollablyandthisiscanbefatal,sopreventionandquickinterventionarecritical.Whatcancausesomeonetobeoverheated?Exposuretoprolongedheatalongwithdehydrationcancausesomeonetobecomeoverheated.Theelderlyareathighestriskforheatrelatedillnessbecausetheagingbodyhasmoredifficultyregulatinginternaltemperature.Peoplewhotakecertainmedications,especiallythosethatcandehydratethem,suchasdiuretics,andthosethathavemedicalconditionsthatcausethemtobeweakeraremoresusceptibletogettingoverheated.Peoplewhoexerciseoutdoorsintheheatandhumidityandwhodonotadequatelyhydratethemselvesarealsoatriskforoverheating.Top5warningsignsyourbodyisoverheatedHeadache.Heat-relatedheadachesarecausedbydilationofbloodvesselsinthebrain.Itcanbeanearlysignofheatexhaustion,butcanalsoindicateheatstroke,especiallyiftheheadacheisthrobbing.Treatmentinvolvesadequatehyd