Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Hypothermia

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Hypothermia includes:

• Cold exposure
• Alcohol consumption (see Alcohol use)
• Hypothyroidism
• Certain medications
• See also causes of symptom hypothermia
• Anticholinergics poisoning - hypothermia
• General anaesthesia (see Anaesthesia)
• Wernicke's encephalopathy
• Erythrodema
• Exposure to cold outdoors
• Trimipramine toxicity - hypothermia
• Shock, Neurogenic - hypothermia
• Sedative hypnotic drug poisoning - hypothermia
• Horse nettle poisoning - hypothermia
• Crush injury - Hypothermia
• Chemical poisoning - Isopropyl Alcohol - hypothermia
• Bacterial meningitis - Hypothermia
• Ackee Fruit Food poisoning - hypothermia
• Levomepromazine
• Blood transfusion and complications
• Severe hepatic cirrhosis
• Myxoedema
• Yellow jessamine poisoning - hypothermia
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio holisae - hypothermia
• Shock, Endocrine - hypothermia
• Menkes Disease - hypothermia
• Imipramine toxicity - hypothermia
• Doxepin toxicity - hypothermia
• Bacterial diseases - Hypothermia
• Argininosuccinase lyase deficiency, neonatal - hypothermia
• Amitriptyline toxicity - hypothermia
• Arginosuccinic aciduria
• Pipothiazine
• Anoxic brain injury
• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Impaired shivering capacity in elderly
• Hypoglycaemia
• Shock, Hemorrhagic - hypothermia
• Septic abortion - low body temperature
• Holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency - hypothermia
• Herbal Agent overdose - Ting Kung Teng - hypothermia
• Gray baby syndrome - hypothermia
• Carbamoyl-phosphate synthase 1 deficiency - hypothermia
• Bacteremia - Hypothermia
• Acute Pesticide poisoning - xylene - hypothermia
• Hypothermia of newborn
• Carbon monoxide poisoning (type of Poisoning)
• Immersion in cold water
• Inactivity
• Vancomycin resistant enterococcal bacteremia - Hypothermia
• Shaken Baby Syndrome - hypothermia
• Nortriptyline toxicity - hypothermia
• Alcohol poisoning - hypothermia
• Perazine
• Erythroderma
• Anorexia nervosa - low body temperature
• Organophosphate poisoning
• Cardiac arrest
• Metabolic disorders - Hypothermia
• Desipramine toxicity - hypothermia
• Black nightshade poisoning - hypothermia
• Kwashiorkor
• Spinal cord lesion
• Uremia
• Shock, Hypovolaemic - hypothermia
• Protriptyline toxicity - hypothermia
• Plant poisoning - Indole alkaloids - hypothermia
• Neonatal sepsis - hypothermia
• Hypothermia - low body temperature
• Clonidine poisoning - hypothermia
• Clomipramine Toxicity - hypothermia
• Shock, Septic - hypothermia
• Delphinium poisoning - hypothermia
• Amoxapine toxicity - hypothermia
• Drug overdose
• Pulmonary embolism
• Severe coronary thrombosis
• Major operation
• Overwhelming infection
• Shock, Obstructive - hypothermia
• Shock, Cardiogenic - hypothermia
• Congenital Toxoplasmosis - hypothermia
• Argininosuccinic aciduria - hypothermia
• Premature labour & delivery
• Menke disease
• Terminal malignant disease
• Cerebral trauma
• Ectodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, autosomal recessive - hypothermia
• Young Simpson syndrome - Hypothermia
• Shock, Distributive - hypothermia
• Opioid poisoning - hypothermia
• Exercise
• Paget's disease of bone
• Dwashiorkor
• Hypopituitarism
• Malnutrition
• Immobility
• Rapp-Hodgkin syndrome - hypothermia
• Shock, Traumatic - hypothermia
• Irish potato poisoning - hypothermia
• Ethanol
• Chlorpromazine
• Cerebrovascular injury (see Cerebrovascular symptoms)
• Vasoconstriction failure
• Starvation

Other underlying conditions related to Hypothermia:

• Acute confusional state
• Amylase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Atrial fibrillation
• Cardiac arrest
• Creatine kinase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Electromechanical dissociation
• Hyperkalaemia
• Hypotension
• J waves (EKG)
• Pancreatitis, acute
• QT lengthening
• Reduced level of consciousness
• Rigors
• Sinus bradycardia
• Slow relaxing reflexes
• Tremor
• Ventricular fibrillation

Source: Diseases Database

Hypothermia as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Hypothermia as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Hypothermia as a complication includes:

• Ectodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, autosomal recessive
• Erythrodermic eczema
• Psoriasis
• Rapp-Hodgkin syndrome

Hypothermia Causes: Book Excerpts

• Differential Diagnosis - Hypothermia
• Differential Diagnosis - Hypothermia
• Medical causes - Hypothermia

Hypothermia as a symptom:

Conditions listing Hypothermia as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

For a more detailed analysis of Hypothermia as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Hypothermia.

• Ackee Fruit Food poisoning
• Acute meningitis
• Acute Pesticide poisoning - xylene
• Alcohol poisoning
• Amitriptyline toxicity
• Amoxapine toxicity
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Anticholinergics poisoning
• Argininosuccinase lyase deficiency, neonatal
• Argininosuccinic aciduria
• Bacteremia
• Bacterial diseases
• Bacterial meningitis
• Black nightshade poisoning
• Carbamoyl-phosphate synthase 1 deficiency
• Chemical poisoning - Acrylamide
• Chemical poisoning - Amitraz
• Chemical poisoning - Barium
• Chemical poisoning - Chlorfenvinphos
• Chemical poisoning - Ether
• Chemical poisoning - Hydrogen Sulfide
• Chemical poisoning - Isopropyl Alcohol
• Chemical poisoning - Lewisite
• Chemical poisoning - Pyrimidifen
• Clomipramine Toxicity
• Clonidine poisoning
• Congenital Toxoplasmosis
• Crush injury
• Delphinium poisoning
• Desipramine toxicity
• Doxepin toxicity
• Gray baby syndrome
• Herbal Agent overdose - Nutmeg
• Herbal Agent overdose - Ting Kung Teng
• Holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency
• Horse nettle poisoning
• Hypothermia
• Imipramine toxicity
• Irish potato poisoning
• Menkes Disease
• Metabolic disorders
• Myxedema coma
• Neonatal sepsis
• Nortriptyline toxicity
• Opioid poisoning
• Plant poisoning - Indole alkaloids
• Plant poisoning - Solanine
• Protriptyline toxicity
• Sedative hypnotic drug poisoning
• Septic abortion
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Shock, Cardiogenic
• Shock, Distributive
• Shock, Endocrine
• Shock, Hemorrhagic
• Shock, Hypovolaemic
• Shock, Neurogenic
• Shock, Obstructive
• Shock, Septic
• Shock, Traumatic
• Trimipramine toxicity
• Vancomycin resistant enterococcal bacteremia
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio alginolyticus
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio damsela
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio fluvialis
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio furnissii
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio holisae
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio metschnikovii
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio mimicus
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio parahaemolyticus
• Yellow jessamine poisoning
• Young Simpson syndrome

Discussion of underlying conditions of Hypothermia:

Some illnesses and medications place a person at risk because they affect the way the body handles cold temperatures. Illnesses that may blunt the response to cold include: (Source: excerpt from Accidental Hypothermia - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Hypothermia, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Hypothermia. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Hypothermia. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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