Hospitals across the country are reporting a surge in cold-related injuries — from slip-and-fall fractures to cardiac events ...
Single-digit temperatures with wind chills below zero can be dangerous to the skin and cause frostbite in exposed areas, like ...
Frostbite can damage exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes and cause lifelong, permanent damage to your body. How to ...
Children are more vulnerable to frostbite becuase their bodies lose heat up to four times faster than adults.
Symptoms include changes to the skin, including blisters, persistent redness, numbness, burning, and itching, which are all ...
Frostbite cases are rising again, and ECMC’s burn team says they’re treating injuries similar to severe burns — even blisters ...
As frigid winter temperatures roll over the Upper Midwest Friday through Monday, Dr. Amery Robinson, an emergency physician ...
Dr. Amery Robinson, an Emergency Physician at Aspirus Health, says frostbite typically affects extremities like your fingers ...
“Extremely cold temperatures and wind chills continue today into Saturday morning while lake effect snow continues over the ...
According to the Mayo Clinic, frostbite is an injury caused by the freezing of skin and the underlying tissue. Exposed skin is at risk of frostbite in conditions that are freezing cold and windy or ...
Here are some some dangers posed by the cold temperatures, including frostnip, frostbite and hypothermia. Frostnip is a mild ...
Kansas City doctors warn of public health hazards during extreme cold, snow, including frostbite and hypothermia.