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Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation

The F.D.A. recently approved the first therapy for patients in danger of losing their toes, fingers and other exposed parts of the body.

A mountain climber’s frostbitten toes being cared for in a warming solution in a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.Credit...Gopen Rai/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

This month, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first therapy for treatment of severe frostbite in the country. The drug, iloprost, is given intravenously for several hours a day over a little more than week. It works by opening blood vessels to improve circulation, limiting inflammation and stopping the formation of platelet clumps that can stop circulation and kill tissue. Most at risk are a person’s toes, fingers, ears, cheeks and nose.

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downer

noun

   informal

UK 

 /ˈdaʊ.nər/ US 

 /ˈdaʊ.nɚ/

downer noun (EXPERIENCE)

[ C usually singular ]

an event or experience that makes you unhappy:

You lost your job? That's a real downer!

凍傷 - Wikipedia
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凍傷（とうしょう）は、低温が原因で生じる皮膚や皮下組織の傷害である。極度の低温はもちろん、0℃を少々下回る程度の温度でも長時間さらされると生じ、 ... “The treatment of deep frostbite of both feet in two patients with hyperbaric oxygen. (abstract)”.

Frostbite - Wikipedia
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Frostbite occurs when exposure to low temperatures causes freezing of the skin or other tissues. The initial symptom is typically numbness. This may be followed by clumsiness with a white or bluish color to the skin. Swelling or blistering may ...\\\\

hyperbaric 【形】 《医》高比重の 《医》高圧の［による］【発音】hàipəbǽrik