(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.
"People with severe frostbite should never rub or apply snow to the affected area. That will only increase injury to the tissue," Cerinich says in a statement. "The best thing to do is to get out of the cold as fast as possible and wrap the frostbitten area immediately in some warm clothing or warm it with your body. Then seek immediate medical attention."
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Please do not give advice. We can best help each other by telling what works for us, not what we think someone else should do.