News, Tip: Don't rub frostbite with snow. (skin, arms, physician)

[JD59]

MAYWOOD, Ill., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. emergency medicine physician says severe frostbite -- frozen tissue as deep as to the bone -- should never be rubbed

Dr. Melanie Cerinich of Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., says severe frostbite -- affecting face, ears, fingers, toes, even arms and legs -- can lead to gangrene, even death. Frostbitten skin is hard, numb, and appears pale, white or gray.



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[kronenborg]

along similar lines, don't treat burns with fire