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Injury, cold: Cold injuries include chilblains, "trench foot," and frostbite.
Cold injuries occur with and without freezing of body tissues. The young and the elderly are especially prone to cold injury. Alcohol increases the risk of cold injury which can lead to loss of body parts and even to death.
It is important not to thaw an extremity if there is a risk of it re-freezing.
Exposure to cold can produce various injuries that occur as a result of the human inability to adapt to cold.These injuries can be divided into localized ...
Frostbite Symptoms and Signs. Medical Author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD Medical Editor: Dennis Lee, MD. Frostbite is an injury resulting from freezing of the tissues ...
Cold injuries, such as frostbite and chilblains are common during the winter months when people are out exposing themselves to the elements. Many people think that for a ...
Cold Injury . NOTE: Dr. Jerrod E. Johnson, MD for the November 1998 publication of "The Scuttlebutt", wrote the following article. The Scuttlebutt was a monthly ...
Giving Injuries the Cold Treatment. Bryant Stamford, PhD The Physician and SportsMedicine VOL 24 - NO. 3 - MARCH 96 When you sprain your ankle or have a similar injury ...