Treating frostbites with folk remedies and methods

Frostbite - tissue damage caused by the action of low temperature. Frostbite also contributes to high humidity combined with strong wind, even at temperatures above zero.

Symptoms: frostbite is divided into four degrees of severity. At the first degree of frostbite, the affected area becomes white, and after warming becomes purplish-cyanotic and edematous, but the necrosis of the skin does not occur. With frostbite of the second degree, the surface layer of the skin exfoliates. With frostbite of the third degree, large bubbles with bloody contents appear and the entire thickness of the skin on the affected area becomes dead. Frostbites of the fourth degree are characterized by necrosis of the entire thickness of the skin and deeper tissues, gangrene often begins, the outcome of which often becomes the amputation of the fingers. In addition to the four degrees of frostbite, there is also such a thing as "total freezing".

What's going on? In , the result of exposure to low temperatures damages the body tissues. Frostbite occurs more quickly in people experiencing physical exhaustion, starvation, who lost as a result of trauma a large amount of blood, as well as being in a state of intoxication.

What should do? The first thing the victim must be placed in a warm room. It's good to drink it with hot tea or coffee, hot milk or water is also suitable.

If frostbitten hands or feet, do not rub them with snow. You can rub alcohol or alcohol-containing cologne, moistening them with cotton. Then the affected limb or limbs are lowered into warm water( one that the patient can transfer, because at first even the water of room temperature may seem hot to him), gradually bringing it to hot( 36-38 ° C).After that, rub again with the same method as before the warming bath, and wrap.

If the nose and ears are frostbitten, they can be gently wiped with alcohol and then greased with some fat.

In case of general freezing, the victim needs warmth. Once he was in a warm room, he must be wrapped in blankets. Then you can use hot water bottles with warm water. If the victim is conscious, you can warm him in the bath, starting at a temperature of 20 ° C and gradually bringing the water to hot.

If the skin does not have bubbles, you can carefully and gently massage the stiffened areas of the skin. Rubbing is the same as described. It is necessary to impose sterile dressings on the affected skin. If frostbite is serious, the injured person must be sent to a hospital.

Recipes. Traditional medicine recommends for treatment of frostbites:

• take baths and make compresses with chamomile infusion;

• apply a cloth impregnated with urine to the affected areas, cover with compress paper and tie with woolen cloth;

• Grease affected areas with rabbit fat;

• lubricate the affected areas with propolis ointment with vaseline;

• rubbed raw turnip mixed with goose fat in a 2: 1 ratio and smeared with the paste obtained, the affected areas.

Preventing frostbite is, first and foremost, warm and comfortable shoes and clothes for a long stay in the cold. For those who have to work in the frost in the open air, it is not superfluous to grease the face, hands and feet with fat, best suited for this purpose badger's fat. Face skin should be lubricated with special fat-containing cosmetic creams, even for a short stay in the frosty air. Then, not only will there be no frostbite, but the skin of the face will look younger for longer, which is especially important for women. In frosts, everyone without exception must at least 2 times a day be hot, even if it is fast soup for lunch and hot boiled potatoes for dinner. Useful in frost meat broths. You can take a small amount of alcohol.