How a 45-minute sauna led to severe heat stroke and a fortnight in hospital: case report
The patient was found unconscious after doing stretching exercises in the sauna.
What should have been a relaxing stretch in a sauna turned out to be cause for a 12-day hospital stay for a woman in her early 70s.
Doctors from Birmingham’s Heartlands Hospital in the UK warn that staying in a sauna for too long can put people at risk of heat stroke.
