Low temperatures put brain and heart at risk

• May 2, 2024

The cold affects the functioning of our organism . The drastic decrease in body temperature, which is usually at 36.5 degrees, can seriously threaten our health due to the terrible consequences of not being well protected from the cold.

The hypothermia It is the most drastic manifestation of heat loss in the body. Not to mention the latent danger of freezing in: fingers, cheeks, nose and ears.

The brain suffers the ravages of the cold, since its functions become slow, which directly affects the motor activity of the individual, that is to say: as the temperature decreases, the moves they become clumsy until they loses control of them, the speaks it becomes unintelligible and finally you lose all rationality .

Before him Extreme cold , the functions of heart too they are affected. The heart rate it decreases considerably as the environmental and corporal temperature falls. In extreme cases it may even stop and cause death of the individual.

That is why it is recommended that when the cold whip, you abriges very well, Keep alert to the indications given by the authorities and Do not go outside unless absolutely necessary. Remember that your health is the most important .

Source: BBC World