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What is the definition or description of: heat sensitivity?
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Light clothing: Also called Heat Intolerance, it usually signifies a need for a person to wear unusually light clothing for a given air temperature. Typically used to describe symptoms in people with an overactive thyroid gland who experience an elevation in their basal body temperature. An extreme example: The need to wear short sleeves or no socks, in freezing temperatures outside
Answered 6/11/2017
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