Chilblains
Chilblains are a common skin condition in the colder climates that occur on the toes. Chilblains, however, are NOT caused by the cold and they are NOT caused by poor circulation. The cause of a chilblain is a too rapid warming of the foot or toe after it has got cold and the circulation not responding quick enough to that warming. It is not the cold that is a probem in chilblains, it is the rewarming that the problem. It’s not the quantity of circulation that is the problem, it how the circulation responds. The best way to prevent chilblains is not get cold in the first place and if you do, make sure any warming of the foot happens very slowly.
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