Las Vegas Syndrome

Illness brought on by too little sleep, too little water, too much heat, and often too much alcohol. This illness occurs all too often in Las Vegas with so much to do and generally too little time to do everything one wants to do. The people affected with Las Vegas Syndrome often end up incoherent, uncounsious, and even dead.

A man goes on a 4 night 5 day vacation to Las Vegas. The temperature for 10 days has been over 100 degrees. He arrives after a 3 hours plane ride and immediately hits the strip, wandering from one casino to the next getting free drinks by gambling, stopping for drinks between casinos. Next thing he knows, the sun is coming up the next day. He eats breakfast until 8am and has plans to see a show at noon. He decides to take a quick nap and be out the door by 11. The same thing happens the next day, and the day after, only on day 4 at 3pm he ends up unconscious on the gound outside a casino. He has forgotten to drink water and the temperature had him sweating like a stuck pig. He gets picked up by the paramedics and spends his last night in Vegas in the hospital being rehydrated by IV. This is Las Vegas Syndrome, only for some it takes their life.

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