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  2. Cold injury - Wikipedia

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    Affected skin becomes numb, which can cause a clumsy walking pattern if the feet are affected; Skin transitions from red to a pale color depending on temperature of exposure [4] [15] After cold exposure. Symptoms can last from a few hours to a few days; During rewarming, skin appears pale blue and continue to be cold, numb, and swollen [4] [15]

  3. Frostbite - Wikipedia

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    The pathological mechanism by which frostbite causes body tissue injury can be characterized by four stages: Prefreeze, freeze-thaw, vascular stasis, and the late ischemic stage. [16] Prefreeze phase: involves the cooling of tissues without ice crystal formation. [16] Freeze-thaw phase: ice-crystals form, resulting in cellular damage and death ...

  4. Cold-stimulus headache - Wikipedia

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    In a letter written by SK Jankelowitz and AS Zagami, the authors describe a patient who experienced cold-stimulus headache symptoms while she was ice skating. [ 21 ] In research conducted by Anthony Khoo, Michelle Kiley, and Peter J Goadsby, it was found that naproxen was seen to prevent the symptoms of a cold-stimulus headache when it was ...

  5. Thoracic outlet syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Ice can be used to decrease inflammation of sore or injured muscles. Heat can also aid in relieving sore muscles by improving blood circulation to them. While the whole arm generally feels painful in TOS, some relief can be seen when ice or heat is intermittently applied to the thoracic region (collar bone, armpit, or shoulder blades).

  6. Cold urticaria - Wikipedia

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    Cold urticaria (essentially meaning cold hives) is a disorder in which large red welts called hives (urticaria) form on the skin after exposure to a cold stimulus. [1] The hives are usually itchy and often the hands, feet and other parts of the body will become itchy and swollen as well.

  7. Peripheral edema - Wikipedia

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    The condition is commonly associated with vascular and cardiac changes associated with aging but can be caused by many other conditions, including congestive heart failure, kidney failure, liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, trauma, alcoholism, altitude sickness, pregnancy, hypertension, sickle cell anemia, a compromised lymphatic system or merely long periods of time sitting or standing ...

  8. Pagophagia - Wikipedia

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    Although compulsive consumption of ice is frequently associated with a deficiency of iron, the exact etiology of this form of pica is not well-understood. There is one hypothesis that states consumption of ice activates a vasoconstrictive response which causes an increase of blood flow to the brain. Because fatigue is the most common symptom ...

  9. Neurogenic claudication - Wikipedia

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    However, the symptoms vary depending on the severity and cause of the condition. Lighter symptoms include pain or heaviness in the legs, hips, glutes and lower back, post-exercise. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] Mild to severe symptoms include prolonged constant pain, tiredness and discomfort in the lower half of the body.