In the case of frost attack, blood circulation becomes slow towards face, hands and legs. The ice crystals are formed in the tissues of the body due to living in the cold climate for a long time. The tissue temperature of the body is fallen below 5 degree centigrade. It is a local disease, due to which water element is decreased in the cells and the cells are dead.
Symptoms:-
- In this disease, the affected part becomes cold, tough and white that has lack of reaction by touching them.
- The red marks are fallen on the affected part after giving heat on that part.
- The part that is affected by frost, pain with swelling comes in that part.
- Besides it, boils appear on the affected part, the skin becomes blue.
Precaution:-
- A person who has suffered from the attack of frost, first of all he should be kept in the survival bag.
- Make the patient dry all the time.
- His pulse and breath should be tested time-to-time.
- If a person is in conscious, any hot beverage should be given to him after adding sugar in it.
- The affected part should be tried to make hot by pressing.
- The patient should be covered with warm clothes or blanket to provide heat to the patient.
- The affected part of the patient should be kept in about 40-42 degree centigrade in hot water for several minutes.
- All the wet clothes on the affected part should be removed because it can make the blood circulation slow.
- The affected part should not be pressed and rubbed.
- Boils should neither be burst nor should apply ointment.
- The affected part should be protected from steam.
- The patient should keep warm clothes before going to any cold place.
- Hands and legs should be kept covered with woolen globes.
Awareness:-
- In the case of frost attack, about 3 weeks are taken to find out whether cells are alive or have dead.
- The affected part is taken about 6 to 12 months for recovery.
