Cold Injuries : The Chill Within

The big chill: diseases exacerbated by exposure to cold.

Giving Injuries the Cold Treatment.

The use of cold as a treatment is as old as the practice of medicine, dating back to Hippocrates. Today, methods of applying cold are more advanced than they were in 400 BC, but the principles and the need for precautions are the same. When you apply cold, the skin will initially feel cold, often followed by relief of pain from the injury. As icing progresses, you will feel a burning sensation,...

Nonfreezing cold-induced injuries.

Non-freezing cold injury (NFCI) is the Cinderella of thermal injuries and is a clinical syndrome that occurs when tissues are exposed to cold temperatures close to freezing point for sustained periods. NFCI is insidious in onset, often difficult to recognize and problematic to treat, and yet the condition accounts for significant morbidity in both military and civilians who work in cold conditi...

Prevention of Cold Injuries:

Patients who acquired an upper extremity nerve injury often complain about cold intolerance, reduced sensitivity and decreased task performance. This study tried to quantify these complaints and look in more detail at the thermal reaction to local cold exposure of the affected limb. We found that 36% of 107 subjects could be classified as cold intolerant. Eight of the cold intolerant subjects i...

Management of Cold Injuries

Abstract: Cold injuries are very common among the troops deployed in high altitude regions. Now days, it is also seen among the civilian populations like mountaineers and winter sportspersons. There is no definitive treatment protocol available for this entity. In this study, 234 patients of various degrees of cold injuries were treated with a standard protocol of multidrug therapy with a view ...