What is Hypothermia?
{{Infobox_Disease | Name = Hypothermia | Image = Homeless and cold.jpg | Caption = Being [[homeless]] can make you become exposed to hypothermia | DiseasesDB = 6542 | ICD10 = {{ICD10|T|68||t|66}} | ICD9 = {{ICD9|991.6}} | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = med | eMedicineTopic = 1144 | MeshID = D007035 }} '''Hypothermia''' is a condition when a person is so cold that the body temperature drops below normal.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Karakitsos D, Karabinis A |title=Hypothermia therapy after traumatic brain injury in children |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=359 |issue=11 |pages=1179–80 |date=September 2008 |pmid=18788094 }}</ref> Hypothermia is any body temperature lower than {{convert|35.0|C|F}}. Someone with hypothermia starts shivering and cannot stop. The person then becomes confused and acts strange. Their words don't make sense and they may be clumsy. Sometimes they become very tired. If someone gets hypothermia, wrap the person in blankets and take them to the [[hospital]]. If that's impossible, warm up the person slowly and give them a warm drink.<ref name=cream/> == Mild == When hypothermia begins, a person feels cold, starts shivering and cannot stop.<ref name=cream>{{cite book | last = Oard| first = Michael| title = The Weather Book| publisher = Master Books| date = 1997| location = P.O. Box 126, Green Forest, AR 72638| isbn = 0-89051-211-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=McCullough L, Arora S |title=Diagnosis and treatment of hypothermia |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=70 |issue=12 |pages=2325–32 |date=December 2004 |pmid=15617296 }}</ref><ref name=sterba>{{cite journal |author=Sterba, JA |title=Field Management of Accidental Hypothermia during Diving. |journal=United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit Technical Report |volume=NEDU-1-90 |date=1990 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4248 |access-date=2008-06-11 |archive-date=2011-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2