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What sort of disease is a cold-weather-related illness?
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Varies: Usually the cold weather illnesses are the "flu" viruses, but some bacterial pneumonias are more common in cold weather.
Answered 12/28/2019
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COLD-WEATHER ILLNESS: Cold-weather diseases & injuries include frostbite, chilblains, trench foot, & hypothermia. Also raynaud's phenomenon & frostnip.
Answered 1/14/2019
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Specifically: Cold weather illness can be interpreted many ways. See answers below. Specifically, cold injury is thermotrauma, affecting skin, muscle, lungs, kidneys, liver, brain, etc, as they cool down from normal operating temperature. Some reversible, some not. Sudden thermotrauma can cause shock or burns similar to those acquired from too a high a temperature.
Answered 12/9/2013
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