Cold injuries..frost bite?

[Dane]

12/2/09

 

30 days later, looking good....but still 6 weeks to go.

 

 

The man is going to have some tender toes for a while yet

[ivan]

there's gotta be a foot-fetish website out there somewhere just CALLING to you!

[mike1]

makes my feet hurt just lookin at them

[wfinley]

My wife just frostbit her big toes on a recent high altitude outing. We started out early with our boots too tight and at 20K our feet swelled and cut off circulation. We both removed boots and warmed them up on each others stomach - but apparently her feet never totally warmed up and she has frostbite on 2 toes. Prognosis is good (no skiing for a couple months but her toes will be fine) - and one thing we learned is that if you're venturing off into cold places and are a day or more away from help then add a dosage of Trental Pentoxifylline to your med kit. Pentoxifylline improves blood circulation and we met a couple people who swore that they had saved toes with it.

 

The other thing we learned was that if it's cold (like below 5) then take 2 aspirin in the morning. Aspirin will thin the blood and reduce the risk of frostbite.