What happens to the body when the homoeostatic control system stops working at both extremes?
Hyperthermia: body temperature gets too high (increases to 40 degree Celsius+). Some of the symptoms are exhaustion, mental confusion, fainting, dizziness, rapid pulse,headache, nausea and hot,dry skin. It can lead to convulsions and brain damage, as well as the death of cells which can cause the death of an organism. Hypothermia: body temperature got too low( way below normal; 35 degree Celsius. its symptoms include abnormal behavious, slurred speech, low level of consciousness and fatique. It could lead to coma and eventually can an organism’s death. Also, check this out.
