If a runner in a marathon begins to experience exertional heat stroke, which compensatory mechanism fails, causing a dangerous rise in core body temperature?

💡 Explanation

Ineffective evaporative cooling via sweat leads to exertional heat stroke because the thermoregulatory mechanism of dissipating heat fails, therefore body temperature rises dangerously, rather than being maintained by evaporative heat loss as in normal thermoregulation.

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