Hypothermia
Alternate Names : Cold Exposure, Low Body Temperature
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Hypothermia: Symptoms & Signs
The symptoms usually begin slowly. As people develop hypothermia, their abilities to think and move are often lost slowly. In fact, they may even be unaware that they need emergency medical treatment. Someone with hypothermia is likely to have frostbite as well.
The symptoms include:
- Drowsiness
- Weakness and loss of coordination
- Pale and cold skin
- Confusion
- Uncontrollable shivering (although, at extremely low body temperatures, shivering may stop)
- Slowed breathing or heart rate
If not treated promptly, lethargy, cardiac arrest, shock, and coma can set in. Hypothermia can even be fatal.
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