The W.O. Frohring Family Resource Center
Part of Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, this center has a resource library with information on parenting, breastfeeding, sibling relationships and much more. Materials may be borrowed for a limited time within the hospital, and copying services are available.
Patients who have recently given birth at MacDonald Women’s Hospital find the library to be an excellent source on topics relating to newborns and their parents. The Frohring Family Resource Center supports a caring and effective partnership between families and their healthcare team by providing general assistance on baby care and health-related issues. You can learn more about the Center on the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital website. Community residents are also welcome to visit or call the center for information.
Health Encyclopedia
Heat intolerance
Heat intolerance is the inability to be comfortable when external temperatures rise.
Sensitivity to heat; Intolerance to heat
Heat intolerance often produces a feeling of being overheated, and can cause heavy sweating. Heat intolerance usually comes on slowly and lasts over the long-term.
Keep room temperature at a comfortable level. Drink plenty of fluids.
Call your health care provider if |
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Call your health care provider if you have persistent and unexplained heat intolerance.
What to expect at your health care provider's office |
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Your health care provider will take a medical history and perform a physical examination.
Medical history questions may include:
- Time pattern
- Have you had heat intolerance before?
- Have you always had difficulty tolerating heat?
- When did you begin to develop heat intolerance?
- Do you often feel hot when other people do not complain of the heat?
- Associated complaints
- Is it worse when you exercise?
- What other symptoms do you have?
- Dizziness
- Fainting
- Palpitations
- Rapid pulse (heart rate)
- Vomiting
Tests that may be performed include:
- Blood studies
- Thyroid studies (TSH, T3, free T4)
After seeing your health care provider:
You may want to add a diagnosis related to heat intolerance to your personal medical record.
Review Date:
12/6/2007
Reviewd By:
Nancy J. Rennert, M.D., Chief of Endocrinology Diabetes, Norwalk Hospital, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.