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Cold Weather May Cause Possible Health Issues

FOX CT’s Matt Scott is in New Haven to explain the health problems that come with such cold weather. One of the biggest worries is suffering from hypother...

FOX CT’s Matt Scott is in New Haven to explain the health problems that come with such cold weather.

One of the biggest worries is suffering from hypothermia. According to the Mayo Clinic, “Hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature. Normal body temperature is around 98.6 F (37 C). Hypothermia occurs as your body temperature passes below 95 F (35 C).

When your body temperature drops, your heart, nervous system and other organs can’t work correctly. Left untreated, hypothermia can eventually lead to complete failure of your heart and respiratory system and to death.

Hypothermia is most often caused by exposure to cold weather or immersion in a cold body of water. Primary treatments for hypothermia are methods to warm the body back to a normal temperature.”

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