2007-01-16 15:43:39 · 14 answers · asked by MULLETS77 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I don't think anybody can answer that question, because all of the people who have experienced it are dead!
2007-01-16 16:02:07 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. Newlywed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dying from hypothermia and freezing to death are two different things. I would prefer hypothermia, you just fall asleep.
Freezing to death, however, is a different matter. There is an account of some guys who were in a small plane crash in Alaska, and they almost froze to death. They were rescued at the last moment, but their desription of what was happening to them was not pleasant.
They experienced frostbite, and did not go into hypothermia because it was EXTREMELY cold, like 50 below 0. Frostbite settled in way before hypothermia did.
They also experienced extreme dehydration. They drank all their water. You'd think they could eat snow right? Wrong - each mouthful of snow would cause the body temp to lower yet further, because the body would have to use energy to melt it. This caused even more problems and more dehydration. It is similar to being lost at sea and trying to survive on sea water - you cant.
They also hallucinated - a few times they THOUGHT someone was outside to rescue them, but it was a delusion. Then when the actual rescuers got there, they didnt believe it was real.
There were a lot more details - that kind of death would SUCK.
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2007-01-16 23:57:23 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You actually gradually fall asleep before/when freezing to death. So it's the same as dying in your sleep - a very cold sleep.
2007-01-16 23:48:41 · answer #3 · answered by Ilya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're body starts to shut down in an effort to keep you alive. as a result your head, hands and feet generally get cold the fastest because they're the furtherest from your heart. one of the signs of hypothermia is that the person will have a very difficult time staying awake. as far as what it actually feels like i can't answer that for sure because i've never experienced it but from what i've been told its not a pleasant experience.
2007-01-16 23:49:01 · answer #4 · answered by Mutly 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eventually, the cold sensation fades away with a warm one, and you get sleepy( hypothermia, body organs shutting down...) and fall asleep...Have been told it is not that bad of a way to buy it... Much worse things around to die from...
2007-01-16 23:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by mobileminiatures 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't speak from personal experience, but they say that hypothermia makes you very tired, you want to lay down and sleep.
For mountaineers, if they get advanced hypothermia, they become delusional, think they are overheated, start pulling their clothes off, wander away from their base camp... etc.
2007-01-16 23:53:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You fall asleep when your body can't take it anymore..and then..ka poof* there you go.. I really don't think dying is such a horrible thing..I hear it's the most peaceful time of your life..for the rest of your being for that matter..
2007-01-16 23:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by jcsas_2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't feel anything, your frozen.
First everything goes numb then you get sleepy as the core temperture drops and the blood slows down, they you go to sleep, forever.
2007-01-17 00:04:52 · answer #8 · answered by Dane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one who is alive knows, they can only comment on what it was like to NEARLY freeze to death.
2007-01-16 23:47:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Can't say that I've talked to anyone with that expirience..
2007-01-16 23:47:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋