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Heat intolerance is the inability to be comfortable when external temperatures rise.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)

How common it is:

Common

Is Symptom of

Overactive thyroid
Condition
Hyperthyroidism
Condition
Graves' disease
Condition
Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes
Condition
Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis
Condition
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Is a Side Effect of

Synthroid
Thyrolar
Thyroxine
Naturethroid
NP thyroid
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