sun poisoning

Extreme UV damage

Sun poisoning is a severe reaction to excessive sun exposure, more intense than ordinary sunburn.

Despite the name, it isn't actually poisoning but rather a combination of severe sunburn with symptoms like blistering, nausea, fever, chills, and dehydration.

Some people use the term for photodermatitis, an allergic skin reaction triggered by sunlight.

I got sun poisoning at the beach and was sick for days.

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solar radiation · UV rays · erythema · pain · ultraviolet radiation · sun exposure · sunscreen · photosensitivity · sting · chills · nausea · vomit · heat exhaustion · dehydration · staying hydrated · rays · dizziness · aloe

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sun exposure effects

sun poisoningvitamin D deficiency

Inadequate sunshine hormone levels

sun protection · seasonal affective disorder · photophobia · heliophobia

skin condition severity

sun poisoningno reaction

environmental exposure harm

sun poisoninghypothermia

Dangerously low body temperature

frostbite · cold exposure · seasonal affective disorder · winter depression

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poison, poisonous, sunburn, sunburned, poisoning, sunburnt, sunburning, UV radiation

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