Hypothermia

Hypothermia is a reaction that the body of a person in consequence of cooling reduces the threshold for maintaining metabolism and other body functions. The condition can cause the thyroid gland produces less and less metabolic hormones. The following by giving a lowered metabolism, a decrease in body temperature.

Temperature sensitivity is different for individuals, so the body reacts in different ways at lowering of body temperature. Healthy individuals can handle cold weather better than children and the elderly. Hypothermia can be a severe condition where the human body temperature drops below 35 ° C. Temperatures below 30 ° C can lead to heart will stop or that the brain n is not provided with sufficient amount of oxygen. If cooling continues, it can lead to, however, loss of consciousness and eventually death.

In 2009 the several civilians who chose to remain on the planet Eden in the hope of better survival than on Destiny died of hypothermia by the extreme winter.