What is the difference between hypothermia and frostbite?

Answer 1

They are two different, though related, conditions.

Hypothermia is a dangerous reduction in core body temperature.

Frostbite is a term used to describe varying degrees of tissue damage due to freezing.

Common risk factors include: low ambient temperatures (near or below freezing), wind chill factor, inadequate protective clothing, and exposure to moisture (wet skin and some types of clothing dramatically increase the rate of heat loss).

Answer 2

Hypothermia is when your body rapidly looses body temperature due to cold and goes to shock and frostbite is when a localized damage is done to the skin by cold.

Exp. You fall into a frozen river and stay there for too long your body is loosing temperature and you go to hypothermic shock which affects the whole body and internal organs.

Frostbite on the other hand is when you are outside on cold too much and it starts to affect your skin to the point where your fingers and/or other parts of the body freeze and turns black and if it's not treated soon they will have to amputate them.

Answer 3

What is the difference between frostbite and hypothermia

Answer 4

Pneumonia is caused by bacteria, Hypothermia is when your body gets too cold.

Answer 5

No they are not. You can have frostbite or hypothermia or both.

Answer 6

Yes and no,actually Hypothermia is more of a 3rd/4th degree Frostbite.

Answer 7

No.