The most common ones include: heat edema: swelling of the hands, feet and ankles heat cramps: painful, involuntary muscle spasms usually after exercise heat syncope: fainting due to overheating heat ...

“Ankle swelling in the heat is simply your body’s physiological reaction to the heat and trying to keep our bodies at a nice steady temperature,” says Dr Zoe Watson, GP and founder of ...

When British TV doctor Michael Mosley died last year in Greece after walking in extreme heat, local police said "heat exhaustion" was a contributing factor. Since than a coroner could not find a ...