How to treat frostbite cheeks

How to treat frostbite cheeks
 The low temperature, strong winds combined with high humidity can cause frostbite cheeks long time if a person is outside. Lightly to the problem is unacceptable.
 If frostbite cheeks turn pink, they become pale, cold and hard to the touch. After thawing, the skin on the face may be red, and the person will feel pain. If, touching cheeks, you do not feel it is necessary to make a rush of blood to the face increased. Do not stand in one place, move, take a deep slopes. To warm up, drink a cup of hot tea or coffee with sugar, eat glucose tablets or a pair of a sugar cube. After a couple of days after the frostbite can change the color of the cheeks, becoming bluish, then greenish and yellow. In such cases, doctors advise a person to handle such ointments as "Bepanten" or "Traumeel".

If the cheeks are cold, we must first take shelter from the cold and try to warm them something warm, such as hands or gloves. Affected areas should not be rubbed with snow. With the threat of re-freezing is not recommended to heat the body parts that are damaged.

To restore blood flow after you gave her cheeks slightly warm, it is necessary to massage them a little bit. Then they should be lubricated with cream, you can use any, emollient or antiseptic. This procedure must be done several times until the peeling stops.

If a person has to stay a long time in the cold, the degree frostbite can increase dramatically. As a result, on the cheeks appear watery bubbles. Touch them in any case impossible, and that did not happen of infection, you should immediately seek the assistance of the nearest medical facility.

If it is impossible to get right to the doctor, it is necessary to apply a sterile dressing to the affected areas, and inside to take a pill dipyrone, shpy and diphenhydramine. When severe malaise and the presence of high temperature inside take aspirin or erythromycin.

Do not drink alcoholic beverages before you go out in the cold. This may lead to loss of control over the heat exchange, since alcohol gives a feeling of warmth. Without much need to go out in the frost is undesirable. If you do have to leave the room, do not forget to wear a warm scarf and protect the face with a cream.

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