Re: burning hands - icing/warmth cycle to speed healing

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In physical therapy, they ice for 20 minutes but I think that is max. They said

'cool', is not enough. Must ice it. It sends off an alarm in area that when

ice is gone, blood rushes to site to warm it speedily and that 'flushes' area

with fresh blood, speeding up circulation to area. They do put something

between ice and skin and they avoid getting tips of toes, so may want to avoid

tips of fingers or do for shorter period of time, as these areas have less blood

flow and I 'guess' could experience frost bite?? easilier. I had burning pain

and did some reading and what I read was that it is nerve pain and of course

nerves at ends of fingers and toes are more subject to damage than nerves

elsewhere. May want to explore if you are developing neuropathy and in that

line, are you becoming diabetic? Try away from home to see if nerve damage due

to exposure where you are.

> > I had nerve damage to foot and the pain was burning and it is

> > slow to heal. If your hand is swollen, get a gel pack to ice it. It

> > should stay soft even when frozen in freezer, to get the swelling

> > down. It's important to get the swelling down because swelling can

> > compress the nerves in your hands and feet and cause nerve damage.

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> Seems like a good idea to try out.

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