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Why does alcohol raise the risk of hypothermia outdoors?

It makes you feel warm while you lose heat.

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  1. It makes you drink too much water
  2. It makes you feel warm while you lose heat ✔
  3. It makes your clothes fit poorly

Why: Alcohol causes vasodilation and impairs temperature control, so you feel warm while actually losing heat.

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Answer: It makes you feel warm while you lose heat. Alcohol causes vasodilation and impairs temperature control, so you feel warm while actually losing heat.

  1. Hypothermia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia
    This produces the effect of feeling warm, when one is actually losing heat.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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