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Unusual confusion can be a sign of heat stroke and dehydration.
Check with your health professional for more information, or with emergency medical professionals if you have immediate concerns about your loved one. This debit causes the hard-working muscles to lose their vital electrolyte balance, causing muscular contraction. It particularly affects the very young and the elderly. Also known as 'Core Temperature Emergency', heat stroke is potentially fatal. In this condition, the body's temperature regulation center in the brain has been rendered inoperable, and the temperature continually rises, causing eventual brain damage.