ice burns
Freezing skin damage
Ice burns are injuries to skin caused by prolonged contact with extreme cold—ice packs, frozen metal, or cryogenic substances.
The damage resembles heat burns: redness, blistering, and in severe cases, tissue death.
She got ice burns from holding the ice pack directly against her skin too long.
The phrase also describes the sharp, stinging sensation of intense cold.
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- frost nipSuperficial cold tissue injury
- coldLow temperature state
- numbnessLoss of sensation
- skinBody's outer layer
skin discoloration · pain · blisters · freezing · subzero temperatures · polar vortex · tingling · white · tissue · damage · first aid · cryotherapy · windchill · exposure · hypothermia · glacial · bare hands · sting
- outdoor hazardsbears, heatstroke, snakes, blisters, sunburn
- Mountain Medicinealtitude sickness, acute mountain sickness, mountain sickness, hypoxia, acclimatization
- ski injuriesACL tear, broken leg, broken arm, ACL tears, concussion
- cold medicine
ice burnsthermal burns
Heat-induced tissue damage
scald · scalding · hot water burns · scalds · sunburn
ice burnschemical burns
Tissue damage from reactive substances
friction burns · electrical burns · rope burn · acid burns · radiation burns