Heat stroke occurs in the desert area of Saudi Arabia quite frequently and manifest in different patterns including coagulopathy. Frequently encountered complications include renal or hepatic failure, rhabdomyolysis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and seizure. Not all of these complications usually occur in the same patient, in case it occurs the mortality reported is significantly high. We describe a case of heat stroke that had nearly all the known complications of heat stroke but recovered from all, except minor neurological deficit in the form of dysarthria and exaggerated deep reflexes.

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