FACTS

1. Mild hypothermia can make a person dizzy, hungry, nauseous and make it harder to speak clearly. Motor skills will start to fail and a person may feel tired.
2. Whether it’s caused by exposure to cold weather or immersion in cold water, someone with hypothermia first begins to shiver to move muscles and generate heat, experts say. When the body stops shivering, that’s a sign of significant trouble.
3. When hypothermia begins, the body’s core functions work harder, pulling blood into extremities. Shivering is the body’s involuntary survival instinct to jump-start muscles to maintain warmth.
4. In North Carolina, three people were […]

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