KROK 1 2010 – Question 182 · 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. Burn disease
- B. Hyperthermia
- C. Infectious fever
- D. Noninfectious fever
- E. Hypothermia
Hint
Decide whether the rise in temperature comes from a changed set point of the thermoregulatory centre or from heat balance being overwhelmed, considering the environment.
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