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Hypothermia symptoms include:

  • Uncontrollable shivering (although, at extremely low body temperatures, shivering may stop)
  • Weakness and loss of coordination
  • Confusion
  • Pale and cold skin
  • Drowsiness - especially in more severe stages
  • Slowed breathing or heart rate

Signs of hypothermia that can be observed by other people include the following:

  • Slowing of pace, drowsiness, fatigue
  • Stumbling
  • Thickness of Speech
  • Amnesia
  • Irrationality, poor judgment
  • Hallucinations
  • Loss of perceptual contact with environment
  • Blueness of skin
  • Dilation of pupils
  • Decreased heart and respiration
  • Stupor
  • Death

If any of the following are observed, the person is in need of immediate medical attention:

  • Poor articulation of words
  • Disorientation
  • Decrease in shivering followed by rigidity of muscles
  • Cyanosis (Blueness of Skin)
  • Slowness of pulse, irregular or weak pulse
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12y ago

Constant shivering is a big early sign of hypothermia. Other signs might include slurred speech, confusion, clumsiness, lack of energy, and more.

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One of the first symptoms of hypothermia is clumsiness and lack of coordination. Other symptoms include shivering that stops, slurred speech, confusion, and drowsiness.

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14y ago

First your very cold then you get warmer

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