FAQ - Frostbite
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Is there something that I can do to help my skin recover after frostbite?


I got frostbite on my cheek yesterday. It is now quite red (darkish red) and sore. If there something I can put on it so it won't scar or leave a mark?
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Noxema comes to mind...  (+ info)

Do I have frostbite or is it something else?


Hey, so today my finger started hurting a lot in on area. The first digit of my right pointer finger.At first it only hurt when I touched it but no it just hurts all the time. It doesn't have any of the symptoms of frostbite; I barely went outside today anyway. I'm at a loss for what to do. I don't even know what query to type in on Google to find out. Help please?
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It really does not sound like frost bite or even frost nip to me.
It sounds more likely that you may have injured some muscles or tendons in the finger without knowing it or it may be inflammation in that area.
Best is to treat it with anti inflammatory medication and taking some medication for the pain.
Try not to move the finger to much or even tape the 1 finger together to the finger next to it to provide support.
Have a look at the links supplied as it will give you a lot of information regarding hypothermia and injuries caused by cold temperatures.
Good luck  (+ info)

Whats the difference between frostnip and frostbite?


Pictures of each would help also.
I think I got a really bad case of frostnip last night.

Pictures please!
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Frostnip

Frostnip is a nonfreezing injury of the skin tissues, usually of the fingers, toes, ears, cheeks, and chin. Numbness and tingling are present, but no tissue injury occurs. Symptoms develop when blood vessels supplying the affected tissues narrow because of the cold temperature. Frostnip occurs at temperatures of about 15°C (59°F).


Frostbite

Frostbite is the destruction of body tissues due to freezing (at 0°C or 32°F). Ice crystal formation in the tissues breaks apart cells, thereby destroying the tissues.



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how long do toes stay numb for after frostbite?


I got frostbite on my toes last friday and no blistering occurred, they have turned very slightly purple, or maybe not at all and I'm just getting paranoid. My parents said they look normal, but I think they're slightly purple. Its been 6 days and they're all still numb and tingling. Is this normal? I can move them fine without a problem, the left foot has stings of pain sometimes but thats it.
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Depending on severity, could take months.  (+ info)

how long must you be exposed to cold to get frostbite?


like minutes? or hrs? and how long before you know you got it? how would you know you got it? bout 2 days i used cold ice on my neck to relieve neck pain and i put the bare ice on my neck. i have two red spots now on my neck i dunt know if this is frostbite or not. can it be?
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Just like a burn from a stove, cold can burn you. So, for instance, say you held your hand under burning hot water (not boiling) it would be red and tender, but not blistering nor extremely painful. That is the equivalent of a cold pack sitting to long on one spot, it destroys cells. For future reference, avoid direct contact with ice on skin. It causes more bad than good.  (+ info)

My ankle has redness after icing along with tingling when touched. Is that a sympton of frostbite?


I was icing the back of my ankle and i think i got frostbite. The area is red and kind of painful to touch. And when i touch the area it tingles. Is that a sympton of frostbite??
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Can you get frostbite from handling frozen foods?


I'm talking about house frozen foods. I was wondering if I need to wear gloves when handling it. I only take the food from the garage freezer to the kitchen, but it still feels cold on my fingers.
Well there WAS ice frozen onto the box, would that make a difference?
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No you can not the reason that you're fingers are cold is because the coldness still attacks you're nerves and it may feel numb but it takes a lot more to get frostbite. If you work in a freezer handling ice cream for a long period of time you just maybe might get it on you're fingers if you do not ware gloves but very minor frostbite

Now if you had bad frostbite to the point where you almost get it cut off then you get frostbite real easy but not from freezer to kitchen.  (+ info)

How cold does it have to be to get frostbite/nip?


I live in Chicago and I dog walk for a living. Some may know already that we are freezing over here in windchills between -5 and -30. I make sure I bundle really well but I ride my bike for work too so I am always cold. The last couple of days my big toes have been in so much pain on my way home that I want to scream. The nails look a little greyish when I first take off my boots but then return to normal after a while. I feel like I am being dramatic though so I am just wondering if this is something i should be serious about or not + what can I do, I already wear 2 pairs of socks w/ winter boots?
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As long as they return to normal its just really cold. You'll know if you ever get frostbite - its painful to touch even after hours inside and then it starts peeling and all that -lol almost like sunburn really. Maybe get new boots lol, because some shoes will contain the warmth generated by your feet better than others.  (+ info)

Can Breastmilk go bad if it get frostbite from the freezer?


Also some of my milk is really yellow when frozen and some is not. is it because its bad?!

My Milk supply has seem to slow down? how can i get it back?
i've been pumping during the day and breastfeeding at night?
what can i do?
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I would just throw it out. I wouldn't take any chances. Also, try breastfeeding more to stimulate your body to make more milk. Pumping slows it down because your brain isn't getting that mother-baby connection during the day when you are not breastfeeding. There is a tea you can get at health food stores that helps milk production as well.  (+ info)

Is it possible to get frostbite from snowboarding to long?


???? just wondering because i snowboard for long hours and my feet always get numb but could i possibly get frost bite??
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You could possibly get frostbite, but whats happening is just the early signs. When you are snowboarding and working up a sweat, even if you are unaware, you're trapping heat from the blood inside your boots, which is making your feet sweat. If they sweat enough to soak the insulation inside your boots, then the air temp outisde would chill your feet enough to make then numb and even numb enough you could have difficulity walking until they warm up some, because all the joints and muslces will be stiff. But being that cold or stiff can be dangerous as you could fracture a bone or pull a muscle in your foot without knowing it until it warmed up and started to really hurt.  (+ info)

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