Help - I think I have Frostbite - What do I do?!?!
Question: Help - I think I have Frostbite - What do I do.?!.?
I was out in the snow on Tuesday without a jacket for hours, and I am pretty sure I have frostbite in my hand. My hand feels week, and I get pins & needles when ever I try to clench it or pick something up etc...
I cannot straighten it, it feels all funny..
Does it sound like I have it.? If so where do I go.? Doctors or Hospital.?Health Question & Answer
I cannot straighten it, it feels all funny..
Does it sound like I have it.? If so where do I go.? Doctors or Hospital.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
i have had frost bite. the ends of your fingers go numb and you lose your sense of touch for a while. with mine i also lost the skin on the ends of my fingertips too, they were very sore and painful
you need to go to the doc and ask them to have a look. its wuite rare to get it unless you have prolonged contact with snow or ice esp if you dont wear gloves.
the doc will give you cream to rub on them, sit with them in warm water of a night and just carry on as normal till you see a doc, but if you go out in the cold wear gloves.
my doc was baffled and asked a second doc for his opinion, it was only when i told them my job that all became clear and it was indeed frostbite.
i was a fishmonger in a supermarket, long before they have the little waterfalls to melt the ice at the end of the day. we had to break it up and carry it off the counter with our hands, dump it over the drain and melt it with a hose pipe. i did this everyday for about 6 months and thats how i got it. the rubber gloves we were given just kept the hands dry and were no protection against the cold!Health Question & Answer
you need to go to the doc and ask them to have a look. its wuite rare to get it unless you have prolonged contact with snow or ice esp if you dont wear gloves.
the doc will give you cream to rub on them, sit with them in warm water of a night and just carry on as normal till you see a doc, but if you go out in the cold wear gloves.
my doc was baffled and asked a second doc for his opinion, it was only when i told them my job that all became clear and it was indeed frostbite.
i was a fishmonger in a supermarket, long before they have the little waterfalls to melt the ice at the end of the day. we had to break it up and carry it off the counter with our hands, dump it over the drain and melt it with a hose pipe. i did this everyday for about 6 months and thats how i got it. the rubber gloves we were given just kept the hands dry and were no protection against the cold!Health Question & Answer
Frostbite is injury due to freezing of tissue. Initial presentation may be deceptively benign. Skin may appear white or blistered and is numb; rewarming causes substantial pain. Gangrene may develop. Severely damaged tissue may autoamputate. Treatment is rewarming in warm (40 to 42
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