Acute hypothermia is caused by __________.

A.

rapid loss of body heat

B.

prolonged exposure to cold temperatures

C.

excessive drug/alcohol consumption

D.

cold weather

Acute hypothermia is caused by A) rapid loss of body heat. Hypothermia is a condition of a medical emergency which can be happened if somebody loses heat faster than his/her ability to produce heat. This condition is might have happened if a person has a high temperature caused by a heavy activity and suddenly stop that activity. This situation will make the body temperature to drop down significantly.