Sunday, June 18, 2006

It is not even winter

And yet I am freezing...

I guess most of you are familiar with the term frostbite.. but have any of you heard about frosnip or chilblain? I haven't... until recently. Been having some problems with my feet. Jari2 kaki saya sejuk and sakit2 plus gatal2... Believe or not i am wearing 3 layers of socks. My usual size 4/5 kasut dah tak muat... He..he.. i have to get myself kasut baru size 7 .. just to accomodate the layers of stockings...

I googled around and apparently my feet seem to be having the symptom of this frostnip or chilblain.

By definition:

Frostnip is a nonfreezing injury of the skin tissues, usually of the fingers, toes, ears, cheeks, and chin. Numbness and tingling are present, but no tissue injury occurs. Symptoms develop when blood vessels supplying the affected tissues narrow because of the cold temperature. Frostnips occurs at temperatures of abbout 15C.

Chilblain is a nonfreezing cold injury which,while painful, causes little or no permanent impairment.It appears as red, swollen skin which is tender, hot to the touch, and may itch. This can worsen to an aching, prickly ("pins and needles") sensation, and then numbness. It can develop in only a few hours in skin exposed to cold.

So sekarang .. malam2 before tidur kena rendam kaki dalam air panas + salt.. that's the treatment for this. And according to ada kakak kat sini yang anak dia pernah kena, .. this will go away next SUMMER.. ha..ha.. bring it on...
However mine it's not too bad.. i don't feel this everyday..just when the weather gets too cold ajer.. sabar jer lah.

1 comment:

princessren said...

i baca post u nih pun i dah rasa sejuk...