DEAR DR. GOTT: I would like to know the difference between heat stroke and a massive stroke leading to death.
My friend was out most of the day in 85 F to 90 F heat. He wasn’t sick at all. He went to bed that night and fell on the floor. He couldn’t get up. About a half-hour later, he went into a coma and never came out of it.
I am blaming myself for keeping him outside. He was having a good time, even doing the chicken dance. I am wondering if the heat had anything to do with it. He was 93. [Read more…]
Stroke and heat stroke not the same
February 17, 2010 By