Original title: Strong cold cooling strikes again! The most complete book of prevention and control of "radish hands" is here
This week, many areas across the country fell into the "ice hole" again, in addition to the cold, it was still cold ......
At this time, some friends will be even more difficult! Do you also like to mention "turnip hands" and "pig's trotters" because of the purple and red chilblains, which look like turnips?
With "radish hands", not to mention the appearance, it also affects life very much, and I dare not scratch it, and it is very itchy if I don't scratch. Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to survive a hundred battles, so let's follow the joint logistics military doctor to "treat" chilblains today.
What is Chilblains?
Chilblain is a localized, congestive, erythematous inflammatory injury caused by long-term exposure to cold, which mostly occurs in winter and spring when the temperature is below 10.
What factors are associated with chilblains?
Chilblains are also known as "chilblains" and "chilblains". Both traditional and modern medicine believe that there are two main causes of its pathogenesis: one is the cold invasion, which injures the skin, especially when it is wet, windy, and inactive for a long time; The second is that the vitality is weak, intolerant to cold, ordinary qi and blood weakness, fatigue, hunger, and sensitivity to cold, which can also easily lead to the occurrence of this disease.
Who is chilblain?
Frostbite is small but has a very high damage value, and it picks people and environment, as follows:
It is easy to get children and teenagers, followed by young adults, and it is not easy for the elderly to appear.
Children and adolescents are prone to chilblains after being stimulated by cold, and the small blood vessels under the skin have a strong constriction reaction, which is prone to blood stasis and poor local blood circulation.
People with poor peripheral circulation.
Local** has poor adaptability to cold, such as diabetes, autonomic disorders, anemia, etc.
People who are weak and overworked
Cold resistance is significantly reduced.
People who are engaged in special occupations.
Such as the personnel who work in the cold storage all the year round and the officers and soldiers stationed on the plateau. The lack of oxygen, dry climate, strong ultraviolet rays, strong winds, long freezing periods, and large temperature differences between day and night in plateau areas have caused the surrounding blood vessels to shrink sharply and the peripheral circulation of the body to be poor.
Overdressed crowds.
Wearing too tight clothing can easily cause poor blood circulation and can also induce chilblains.
People who are too responsive to low temperatures.
Some people's neurovascular ability to respond to low temperature is too strong, and the blood vessels can be spasmodic and constricted at not too low temperatures, and they are naturally prone to chilblains.
What are the manifestations of chilblains?
Chilblains are more common at the ends of the limbs, face, and ears. Local** red, swollen, itchy, painful, severe cases may occur blisters, erosions or ulcers.
Anyone who has had chilblains knows that the most uncomfortable thing about chilblains is not the feeling of chills and numbness during the "freezing", but the itching sensation after "freezing". Pruritus worsens with heat, ulcerates and is painful, and pigmentation or atrophic scars remain after healing. The course of the disease is slow, and it can heal itself after the weather warms up, and it is easy to reverse.
Three tips for chilblain prevention.
The key to dealing with chilblains is prevention, and the sooner the better. In the severe cold winter, it is very important to take various measures to keep warm and change your lifestyle to prevent chilblains, including insisting on physical exercise to promote blood circulation and improve the body's tolerance to cold. In addition, here are three tips to enhance the results.
Finger. No matter when and where, habitually grabbing, patting, and rubbing with your hands has a certain effect on speeding up blood circulation, which is also a simple exercise that does not depend on any external conditions and can be carried out anytime and anywhere.
Soak your feet in pepper water.
Half an hour before going to bed every day, you can soak your feet in pepper water for 15 minutes, the spicy warmth of Sichuan pepper directly stimulates the lower body, accelerates the blood circulation of the lower body from the inside out, and achieves the effect of invigorating blood and removing blood stasis, replenishing qi and raising yang.
Rub the palms of your hands and feet.
After rubbing your hands together until it is extremely hot, rub the palms of your hands against your feet about 200 times, and persist for a long time, which can improve the microcirculation of the terminal blood vessels and warm your hands and feet.
Chilblain** Four-part combination of Chinese and Western.
An important treatment measure for chilblains is to get out of the cold environment as much as possible and avoid prolonged exposure to cold again, asymptomatic or mild chilblains are self-limiting, can be observed and treated, and can be recovered when the climate warms.
The best principle of chilblain is to warm the meridian and dispel cold, promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, improve blood circulation, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and prevent infection.
1) Systemic medication.
Severe chilblains should be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor, and vasodilators and vitamins such as nifedipine, vitamin D, vitamin E, etc., can be selected to relieve vasospasm and improve blood circulation, thereby relieving symptoms.
2) Topical medication
If the ulcer is not broken, topical drugs can be used, such as chilblain cream, polysulfonate mucopolysaccharide cream, dampness and pain relief cream, vitamin E cream, Yunnan Baiyao ointment, aloe vera ointment, etc.
For those that have been broken, you can choose 1% erythromycin ointment, ** new liquid, 5% boric acid ointment, moist burn ointment, etc.
If there are signs of local infection, an external rub of mupirocin ointment can be used.
When chilblains are severe and blisters occur, the treatment is similar to that of burn blisters, and the blister skin is retained to help heal.
3) Physics**.
Infrared and laser plasma can be used to directly irradiate the skin lesion site**, which can reduce local reactions such as inflammation, redness and swelling of the affected area, relieve pain and itching, and shorten the wound recovery time.
4) External treatment of traditional Chinese medicine
Moxibustion: Moxibustion can be applied directly to the affected area under the guidance of a physician, and the effect is better when combined with acupuncture points such as Fenglong, Zusanli, and Sanyinjiao. Moxibustion can be done at least 3 to 5 times a day, and 1 to 2 months is about 1 course of treatment. Or make the slice thickness 0After washing 5cm thick pieces of fresh ginger, put them on top of the redness and swelling, and moxibustion is separated by ginger, about 3 5 strong each time, and moxibustion is done once a day.
Gua Sha: It can be directly rotated and polished around the affected area and the affected area to avoid the broken area, and the effect of acupuncture points such as Fenglong, Zusanli, and Sanyinjiao is also better, and it is basically done once or twice.
Warm reminder: It is forbidden to rewarm with heating measures such as fire roasting and hot water scalding for frostbite, and it is also forbidden to take cold water baths, ginger or snow rubbing, hammering and other methods. To prevent chilblains, it is necessary to keep warm and prevent in advance in severe winter. When the weather is dry and cold, eat more foods to keep out the cold, such as ginger, chili pepper or mutton. If the pain increases, the wound darkens or darkens, and symptoms such as chills and high fever, you should see a doctor immediately.
*: Joint logistics rallying number.