hyperthermia

see also:

• hypothermia

• a raised body core temperature may be due to a number of causes:
  • normal physiology in pregnancy and menstrual cycle
  • fever - the febrile response to infections
  • heat illness and heat stroke
  • in addition it may occur in response to medications such as:
    • malignant hyperthermia during anaesthesia in susceptible patients (can also happen during exercise)
    • neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
    • serotonin syndrome
    • amphetamine overdose