Hypothermia designates a body temperature lower than 35°C. It concerns infants and old people most of all and arises for a variety of reason (weather conditions, intoxications with medicine, etc.), most often during extremely cold periods.
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It is sometimes difficult to detect as it can develop very slowly. Shivering may be a sign of hypothermia, but the shivering may stop while the hypothermia continues.
Hypothermia may give rise to complications which result in a heart attack or the appearance of frostbite.
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Attention!
In the case of hypothermia, the sick person must be conveyed by a specific means of transport and treated under medical supervision. |
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