Over the past ten years more than two dozen athletes have died from the medical condition known as heatstroke. heatstroke occurs when the body’s internal temperature becomes so elevated that its cooling system begins shutting down. a promising new product hopes to end the, all too common, heatstroke trend in young athletes. it is called a thermometer pill. if an athlete’s body temperature reaches a dangerous level, the monitor, an ingested capsule, immediately transmits an alert. the player is then rushed indoors and placed in an ice bath to rapidly decrease his or her body temperature. this is important, since internal organs can begin shutting down at 105 degrees fahrenheit. to strengthen the argument for using thermometer pills, the author points out that a person who becomes dangerously overheated faces a) scarlet fever. b) severe hypothermia. c) an increase in pulse rate. d) organ failure that can lead to death.