Can I wash my hands with cold water when I get frostbite? What should I do if I get frostbite every year?

Winter is bitterly cold in both the south and the north. Because of the cold, many people often get frostbite on their feet or hands due to improper care. So can you wash your hands with cold water if you have frostbite? What should you do if you get frostbite every year? The following editor will explain them one by one, hoping to help you.

Can I wash my hands with cold water if I have frostbite?

It is generally better to wash the chilblains on your hands with warm water, about 30 degrees, soak for 15 to 20 minutes each time, 2 to 3 times a day, and the chilblains on your hands will gradually dissolve and get better. If you wash your hands with cold water, the chilblains will not get better, and if the water temperature is relatively low, the chilblains will get worse.

What to do if you get frostbite every year

The most important thing for frostbite is to keep warm. If you have frostbite, you can soak in hot water or ginger water, salt water, vinegar water, or apply frostbite cream, and do some appropriate hand and foot exercises. I also had frostbite when I was a child. My hands and feet were swollen, cracked, and festering. It was very uncomfortable, painful and itchy. I could bear the pain, but I couldn't stand the itching. I wanted to prick it with a needle. I also used folk remedies to treat frostbite, but they didn't work. In the end, I insisted on scalding with hot water every day, and it was cured after a few scaldings.

Causes of frostbite

The cause of the disease is that when the skin of frostbite patients encounters cold (0-10℃), humidity or sudden changes in temperature, the local small arteries contract, and over time the arteries become paralyzed and dilated, causing venous congestion and poor local blood circulation, leading to the disease.