Because of differences in compression leg wraps, selection of the most effective and efficient compression wraps for legs can be difficult. The purpose of this integrated review was to determine healing rates of venous ulcers with various compression wraps.
Long-term psychological and physiological effects of heat stroke. PHYSIOL BEHAV 54(2) 265-267, 1993.-Heat stroke leads only rarely to permanent neurological deficits and the convalescence is almost complete. There are, however, some sporadic descriptions of disturbances that lasted for up to 4 months.
Should sweating be unable to meet the cooling demands of the body, heat-related illness can occur. This is a spectrum of conditions with minor symptoms such as prickly heat or heat rash, progressing to heat cramps, then heat exhaustion, and finally to heat stroke, a life-threatening medical condition. The line between each diagnosis is not sharply drawn.