Because costochondritis causes inflammation of the joints connecting the ribs, it is also associated with inflammatory diseases and autoimmune disorders. As such, the association between rheumatology and costochondritis is clear.
Hypothermia happens when your body temperature drops way below normal, causing the circulatory, respiratory, and nervous systems to slow down. Normal body temperature is around 98.6 Â°F (37 Â°C). Hypothermia happens if your temperature drops to 96 Â°F (35.5 Â°C) or below. Hypothermia often happens gradually, but it can happen within minutes, such as if someone falls through the ice into cold water. Then your body starts to lose heat faster than it can produce it.
Other causes of hypothermia include metabolic disorders that are linked to a decreased basal metabolic rate and can be related to dysfunction of the thyroid, adrenal, or pituitary glands. In addition, ethanol can cause hypothermia by increasing heat loss via vasodilation and by impairing behavioral responses to cold.