With the mercury in thermometers expected to drop significantly this weekend as the state of New York continues to experience freezing temperatures, health experts are warning about the risks of hypothermia.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re talking 40 degrees,\u201d said Dr. Aimalohi Gray of St. Peter\u2019s Primary Care in Ballston Spa. \u201cThat is a temperature that people can start to develop hypothermia at.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends wearing water-resistant clothing to keep warm, staying hydrated and remaining in places properly ventilated and heated.<\/p>\n
Children, the elderly and people who are outside for long periods of time are often more at risk.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe risks are even worse if you are in cold air or cold water because you can lose heat very easily,\u201d said Gray.<\/p>\n
Gray recommends people wear wool socks instead of cotton ones to make sure your feet aren\u2019t only warm, but also properly ventilated so they don\u2019t sweat.<\/p>\n
If you begin to experience symptoms which include feeling very tired, confused, shivering and memory loss, it\u2019s important to seek medical attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we\u2019re talking true hypothermia, we’re talking a core body temperature of 95 degrees or below that being true hypothermia that would be a reason for you to contact your primary provider,\u201d said Gray.<\/p>\n
If you or someone you know is experiencing these symptoms, while you seek medical attention, it\u2019s important to remove any wet clothing, put any frostbite areas in warm water and to wrap in warm, dry layers of blankets or clothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the mercury in thermometers expected to drop significantly this weekend as the state of New York continues…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[387,1434,9,11,10,49,51,50,12,5304,308,200,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-108137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-app-public-safety","9":"tag-app-weather","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-new-york-state","14":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-state-news","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-nicole-neuman","18":"tag-public-safety","19":"tag-vod","20":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}