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Vetteman94 on 03 February 2010
Seece said:
"You should have soaked them in hot water as soon as you got in."

That's the last thing you should do, you'll get chill burn. No what you should have done wrap them in towels and gradually got the temperature up, or you know, not doing stupid things in the first place.

Exactly, that is the last thing you should do.   No need to compound a stupid decision with another one.  

But as one person pointed out, go see a doctor, frostbite is too dangerous to mettle with.  You could end up losing toes or worse....



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Khuutra on 03 February 2010
Seece said:
"You should have soaked them in hot water as soon as you got in."

That's the last thing you should do, you'll get chill burn. No what you should have done wrap them in towels and gradually got the temperature up, or you know, not doing stupid things in the first place.

Thank you for the correction

You can tell I haven't lived in a cold climate for very long

Regardless, Gilgamesh, again:

SEE A DOCTOR.

Edit:

To try to clear my name of some degree of stupidity, I didn't mean like really hot, I meant a little above body temperature - which, to my knowledge, is still proper first aid treatment (104-108 degrees Fahrenheit, I think?). I guess my language was bad?



Vetteman94 on 03 February 2010
Khuutra said:
Seece said:
"You should have soaked them in hot water as soon as you got in."

That's the last thing you should do, you'll get chill burn. No what you should have done wrap them in towels and gradually got the temperature up, or you know, not doing stupid things in the first place.

Thank you for the correction

You can tell I haven't lived in a cold climate for very long

Regardless, Gilgamesh, again:

SEE A DOCTOR.

Edit:

To try to clear my name of some degree of stupidity, I didn't mean like really hot, I meant a little above body temperature - which, to my knowledge, is still proper first aid treatment (104-108 degrees Fahrenheit, I think?). I guess my language was bad?


Actually it shouldnt be any hotter than body temperature,



Khuutra on 03 February 2010
Vetteman94 said:

Actually it shouldnt be any hotter than body temperature,

All the first aid literature I've looked at suggests slightly above, and that it's better to rewarm areas more quickly as long as you don't go above 108 degrees



Seece on 03 February 2010
Khuutra said:
Seece said:
"You should have soaked them in hot water as soon as you got in."

That's the last thing you should do, you'll get chill burn. No what you should have done wrap them in towels and gradually got the temperature up, or you know, not doing stupid things in the first place.

Thank you for the correction

You can tell I haven't lived in a cold climate for very long

Regardless, Gilgamesh, again:

SEE A DOCTOR.

Edit:

To try to clear my name of some degree of stupidity, I didn't mean like really hot, I meant a little above body temperature - which, to my knowledge, is still proper first aid treatment (104-108 degrees Fahrenheit, I think?). I guess my language was bad?

To be fair if you didn't know otherwise, most people would say "have a hot bath!" I guess it's the logical thing to do, in this case not so much.



 

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Rath on 03 February 2010

Yeah go see a doctor, sounds like early stages of frostbite.

And you drove home drunk? Smart.



Boutros on 03 February 2010

Well that cheered me up.

 

Sorry!



O-D-C on 03 February 2010

ya Iv done the same, not for 10 minutues mind you, and the next day I was just freezing, go see a doctor, he'll hrlp you out



damkira on 03 February 2010

Wow... that was stupid.



d21lewis on 03 February 2010

No good has ever come from the combination of cold weather/naked guys/alcohol. You're lucky it's just your feet that hurt.

And that's one to grow on!