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[quote=Anonymous]During college lacrosse practice, I suddenly found myself having lost a few seconds during warm up.  We'd be in a stretch and then suddenly all my teammates were up and halfway across the field. I didn't quite know why.  Turns out, I was overheating and blacking out.  Post-college, it became worse, I would black-out or heat up with a very high fever and have a migraine.  It was diagnosed as "an-hydrosis."  Basically, I stopped sweating like a normal person.  Fast forward thirty years and I still have this issue.  I just heat up rather than sweat.  When I lived in California, I took up ocean swimming, which was great.  Even on race days, though, I would overheat.   I can only exercise for about twenty minutes at a time now and the DC summers are horrible for me.

I regulate it but no doctor seems to know what to do.  I happened to live near UCSF at one point and did a bunch of research on my own and saw a couple neurologists there.  They said I could go to the Mayo Clinic for more tests, but that even if I did, they don't really have a cure.  Granted, this was 25 years ago.   I still mention my condition to doctors but have yet to have found a "cure."  I hope this is not the case for your daughter.

BTW, I drink all the time (and pee a lot) but I need to stay extra hydrated. Good luck![/quote]

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