What are the dangers of hypothermia in babies?

A baby's hypothermia can be a great hindrance to the baby's development, mainly because hypothermia will cause most of the body's functions to run slowly, affect the absorption of nutrients, and the respiratory system will become very fragile. Therefore, when the baby's body temperature is too low, you should add clothes to the baby and take the baby for treatment in time. Now let us introduce to you the dangers of low body temperature in babies.

The human body has a normal body temperature. Although there are changes in the body temperature difference between children and adults, many parents will find that their baby's body temperature is lower than that of normal people. This phenomenon is harmful. Low body temperature can lead to accelerated physiological functions, including affecting the heart, brain, blood vessels, and respiratory systems. Severe cases can lead to drowsiness, mental confusion, irritability, and hallucinations. Parents need to observe whether their babies have these symptoms.

The hazards of hypothermia are as follows:

Prolonged exposure to any temperature, when the body dissipates more heat than it produces, can cause hypothermia. Hypothermia most commonly occurs during cold weather or after immersion in water. It is very harmful to the human body. Let’s take a look at the dangers of low body temperature.

Hypothermia can result in acceleration of all physiological functions, including the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, nerve conduction, mental acuity, neuromuscular reaction time, and metabolic rate. As a young child, hypothermia caused by immersing the whole body in near-freezing water can protect the brain from low oxygen.

A decrease in core body temperature can cause apathy, drowsiness, clumsiness, confusion, irritability, hallucinations, slowed or stopped breathing, and a slowed, irregular, and finally stopped heartbeat. But as long as the patient is not warm, he should not be considered dead.

A rectal temperature < 34°C helps differentiate the disorder from similar symptoms due to heart disease, diabetic coma, insulin overdose, cerebrovascular accident, or drug abuse. Ordinary clinical thermometers cannot measure very low body temperatures caused by hypothermia, and special hypothermia measuring instruments must be used. If there is only a standard clinical thermometer, the mercury column cannot rise above 34°C, indicating hypothermia.