Everyone can get low body temperature, but the most vulnerable people are:
• Infants younger than 1 year.
• Adult males more than females experience lower body temperature.
• People 65 years of age or older, whose bodies are slower to adapt to temperature changes, and may not realize that they are gradually cooling.
• Thin people are more prone to hypothermia because they have less fat under their skin. Fat helps protect the body from coldness because it keeps the heat.
Some medicines increase the risk of hypothermia, including those used to treat anxiety, frustration or nausea.
• Some diseases or health conditions increase the risk of hypothermia, including hypothyroidism, diabetes, skin diseases such as psoriasis, arthritis, Parkinson's disease, which limits the movement of the body.
• Drinking alcohol makes the person lose body temperature faster, so alcohol should be avoided in people exposed to hypothermia.
A hypothermia usually occurs during a period of time extending from a few days and lasts for several weeks, so that a few low temperatures inside the home (16-18 ° C) may stimulate the process of hypothermia.
Healthy people who have mild or moderate degrees of hypothermia recover completely and without permanent damage. However, recovery is more difficult for children, the elderly, patients or people with little activity and mobility.
Hypothermia may occur inside the home especially in young children, adults or patients if they do not wear enough warm clothing.
• Infants younger than 1 year.
• Adult males more than females experience lower body temperature.
• People 65 years of age or older, whose bodies are slower to adapt to temperature changes, and may not realize that they are gradually cooling.
• Thin people are more prone to hypothermia because they have less fat under their skin. Fat helps protect the body from coldness because it keeps the heat.
Some medicines increase the risk of hypothermia, including those used to treat anxiety, frustration or nausea.
• Some diseases or health conditions increase the risk of hypothermia, including hypothyroidism, diabetes, skin diseases such as psoriasis, arthritis, Parkinson's disease, which limits the movement of the body.
• Drinking alcohol makes the person lose body temperature faster, so alcohol should be avoided in people exposed to hypothermia.
A hypothermia usually occurs during a period of time extending from a few days and lasts for several weeks, so that a few low temperatures inside the home (16-18 ° C) may stimulate the process of hypothermia.
Healthy people who have mild or moderate degrees of hypothermia recover completely and without permanent damage. However, recovery is more difficult for children, the elderly, patients or people with little activity and mobility.
Hypothermia may occur inside the home especially in young children, adults or patients if they do not wear enough warm clothing.
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