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Tennessee – Extreme cold during winter weather significantly increases the risk of deadly hypothermia when alcohol is involved, according to physicians, because alcohol masks the body’s natural warning signs as core temperature drops.
Medical experts explain that alcohol causes blood vessels to dilate, sending warm blood toward the skin’s surface. This creates a false sensation of warmth — flushed skin or sweating — while allowing vital heat to escape more rapidly from the body’s core. As a result, internal body temperature can fall to dangerous levels without the person realizing it…