Is hypothermia bad for a person?

As a kid we used to stay in the cold ocean water for long periods of time. We were told we had to get out when it started to feel really warm. By that time we wern't able to walk onto the beach- had to crawl up to the parking lot and lay on the blacktop to get warm.

It is bad unless you are in training as a rescue diver in Alaska. Then you need the practice.

Yes it is bad and dangerous.
In the event you do this agin...Treatment for hypothermia consists of drying, sheltering, and gradually warming the person. While blankets help a person retain body heat, they are not sufficient to treat hypothermia. In the field, a mildly hypothermic person can be effectively rewarmed through close body contact from a companion and by drinking warm, sweet liquids.

Moderate and severe cases of hypothermia require immediate evacuation and treatment in a hospital. In hospital, warming is accomplished by external techniques such as heated blankets for mild hypothermia and by more invasive techniques such as warm fluids injected in the veins or even lavage (washing) of the bladder, stomach, chest and abdominal cavities with warmed fluids for severely hypothermic patients.[citation needed] These patients are at high risk for arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats), and care must be taken to minimize jostling and other disturbances until they have been sufficiently warmed, as these arrhythmias are very difficult to treat while the victim is still cold.

An important tenet of treatment is that a person is not dead until they are warm and dead. Remarkable accounts of recovery after prolonged cardiac arrest have been reported in patients with hypothermia. This is presumably because the low temperature prevents some of the cellular damage that occurs when blood flow and oxygen are lost for an extended period of time.

obviously.

Not as stupid a question as it might seem.

Yes generally hypothermia is bad for you, potentially fatal. so stay warm, wrap up in the cold, and check on elderly neighbours in cold weather.

But, I got called as a paramedic to someone who had OD on paracetamol, and was lying in a cold house. the hypothermia slowed the absorbtion of the drug and they survived.

So there you go!

Uhm.
Yeah.
Severe cases of hypothermia can kill.
If you still do that today, STOP. It's very harmful, and could kill you.
Hypothermia is caused when your body tempertaure falls below its normal range, and this is very harmful. After reaching certain temperatures, your body will shut down.
If you no longer partake in these avtivities, i wouldn't worry about it.

This can be answered with one word--------YES. Reasons can be found if you type in hypothermia in your search engine.

Yes. It can be very bad. When your body temperature gets low, your brain automatically starts re routing blood away from non-vital areas( such as your hands and legs), into other mor vital areas as a last ditch attempt to preserve life. Hypothermia is the lowering of your body temperature, and it can cause frost bite, nerve damage, even death.