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What exactly is sun poisoning? i am told sun poisoning is sunburn. what exactly is sun poisoning?
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Sunburn Extreme: Sun poisoning involves more than a severe skin burn with blisters and swelling. It includes symptoms of fever, chills, nausea, loss of appetite, lightheadedness, and dehydration. A person may feel confused or faint and suffer from a severe headache. Some cases of sun poisoning need immediate medical attention.
Answered 5/7/2015
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'sun poisoning' is: An ambiguous term because it isn't a medical term for a specific conditon. 3 different conditions are often lumped into it. One form of sun poisoning includes rash w red skin ; possible blisters, fatigue, fevers, chills or headache. Another is called polymorphous light eruption(pmle) ; it has sxs that were just described as well as dense clusters of small bumps over the body w possible hives.
Answered 7/6/2016
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It is a sunburn: It is one and the same thing. Sun burns are red and painful and last for 4-5 days then go away, .
Answered 7/26/2013
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