hypothermia
condition caused when the human body gets too cold
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Summary
hypothermia is a disease[1]. hypothermia ranks in the top 2% of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,728 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: abnormally low value[3], clinical sign[4], cause of death[5], symptom or sign[6]
- Subclass of: neurological and physiological symptom[7]
- Commons category: Hypothermia[8]
- Opposite of: hyperthermia[9]
- Symptoms and signs: hallucination[10]
- Has cause: cold weather[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hypothermia[12]
- Medical examination: Q133040319[13]
- Possible treatment: cardiopulmonary resuscitation[14], intravenous fluid replacement[15]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[16]
- Has effect: paradoxical undressing[17], frostbite[18]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C78351[19]
- Health specialty: emergency medicine[20]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002045[21], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000302[22]
Why It Matters
hypothermia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] hypothermia is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]