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08-30-2009, 12:44 AM
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Re: Frostbite to the Hands and Feet
No. Basically what happens in the cold is this: your body reacts to the cold, first with your hairs standing up and bending towards one another to form a shield, and so on. When reacting to the cold, your body reduces the amount of blood flow to the furthest parts of your body, i.e. fingers and toes, in order to keep the blood closer to your vital organs, keeping you warm, and alive. This is why your fingers and toes get the coldest, the fastest, and also why its good to carry hand warmers in the cold. If one stays out in the cold for an extreme amount of time, unprotected might I add, blood flow to the limbs virtually stops. Once the skin becomes dark, like this mans, there is no restoring blood flow to the limbs, and this tissue is dead. It begins to rot, basically, causing infection which is why it needs to be amputated.
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08-30-2009, 03:51 PM
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Re: Frostbite to the Hands and Feet
I got my toes once frostbitten while riding... but they never looked that bad.. they just got a bit swollen and numb.. Where the hell has he been? Bad, bad, bad..... |
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11-24-2009, 03:38 AM
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Re: Frostbite to the Hands and Feet
I thought that was going to be me yesterday. Friend of my mom's brought her over and called me out to the porch. In the snow. With bare feet. They wouldn't shut up so I went back in the house and called them on the cell phone. Why not put on shoes, you may ask. The dog hid them. |