In medicine, there is no frostbite “the most afraid of a nemesis”, this statement is not scientific, frostbite can usually be self-healing, if necessary, you can use vitamin E ointment, frostbite ointment and other medications, can be supplemented with infrared, helium-neon laser and other physical therapy.
1. Self-healing: Frostbite is a limited, bruised skin disease caused by cold, the course of the disease is slow, in the warm weather can be self-healing, but easy to relapse. For only skin erythema, mild swelling of frostbite need to do a good job of warm measures, do not need special treatment, generally can be self-healing.
2. Medication: For frostbite with intact skin, you can use vitamin E ointment, frostbite ointment and other medications to apply locally to stop itching and pain; for frostbite that has been broken, you can use preventive antibiotics such as fusidic acid cream, mupirocin ointment, etc. to prevent infections; and you can take nifedipine, dipyridamole, etc. if necessary, to improve the microcirculation.
3. Physical therapy: Some physical therapy can be used to help improve local blood circulation to relieve swelling, itching and other symptoms, such as infrared therapy, helium-neon laser therapy.
It is recommended that patients with frostbite seek medical treatment in a timely manner, standardize treatment under the guidance of a doctor, and avoid using medication privately to avoid delaying the condition. Patients should avoid excessive friction and scratching of the lesions in daily life, so as not to lead to infection, and need to do a good job of keeping warm when going out, avoiding direct exposure of the skin to the cold environment.