10 Worst-Case Scenario Medical Conditions

A number of medical conditions can get the best of you in any survival situation. From dehydration, bites, stings, starvation to food-borne or water-borne illnesses. Get the details on how to prevent and tend to these afflictions.

Bites and Stings
If you locate a tick on your body, would you know what to do? There are a few methods to get rid of the pest.

Dehydration
There are three stages of dehydration. Learn the signs so you recognize this potentially fatal affliction.

Fatigue
When fatigue sets in, your immune system becomes more vulnerable to sickness and infection.

Food Borne Illness
E. coli, salmonella or the wrong wild plant can kill you in a survival scenario.

Heatstroke
You'll know heatstroke has set in when your body can no longer produce sweat to cool down.
Frostbite
What is frostbite? Technically, this is when the tissues of your body literally begin to freeze.

Hypothermia
When your body starts losing more heat than it can produce, hypothermia has kicked in.

Plants and Rashes
In the wild, stay alert for three main poisonous plants: poison ivy, oak and sumac.

Starvation
Early signs of starvation include weakness, confusion, chronic diarrhea, irritability and immune deficiency.

Waterborne Illness
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that nearly 1 billion people worldwide don't have access to safe, clean drinking water.

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