KROK 1 2011 – Question 187 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 25 year old man has spent a long time in the sun under high air humidity. As a result of it his body temperature rose up to 39oC. What pathological process is it?
- A. Noninfectious fever
- B. Hyperthermia
- C. Burn disease
- D. Hypothermia
- E. Infectious fever
Hint
Think about how heat is lost when humidity is high and what happens to the thermoregulation centre's set point during prolonged exposure to the sun.
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