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What Causes Low Body Temperature?
Hi, my name is Amanda. I'm 18 and for the past few days my temperature has been very low. It was in the low 96s and then it got to 95.3 and it's stayed there since yesterday. I'm scared and i don't know what to do but i don't want to go to the doctors.
Mon, 16 Feb 2015
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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).
Hypothermia is most often caused by exposure to cold weather or immersion in a cold body of water
Best to do is to stay in a warm place ,to wear warm clothes.Don't use hot water, a heating pad or a heating lamp . The extreme heat can damage the skin
Hope this information is helpful to you
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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).
Hypothermia is most often caused by exposure to cold weather or immersion in a cold body of water
Best to do is to stay in a warm place ,to wear warm clothes.Don't use hot water, a heating pad or a heating lamp . The extreme heat can damage the skin
Hope this information is helpful to you
Best regards
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