Monday, July 18, 2011

Do I have frostbite or frostnip?

This sounds ridiculous, but I was scooping ice cream at a friend's house and they must have a sub zero freezer because my finger started tingling and burning while I was scooping it out. I had to use my finger to get the ice cream which was sticking to the scooper off. I went to run it under warm water but I accidentally turned the cold on first and it felt hot to me. I then let it warm up and it still felt hot even though it was just warm. It is now 4 hours later and my finger is burning, tingling, and feeling kind of numb but there isn't really much color difference. It might just be slightly more red than my other fingers. No blisters or anything like that. It does feel a little tight around the skin on the tip of it. I put soothing cream on it but it is just burning and hurts worse when I touch it on anything. It's pretty painful!

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