What causes chilblains?

July 7th, 2010 by admin

There are plenty of issues that may have an effect on the circulation responding to cold temperature. One of the more common of them are usually chilblains. Chilblains most generally occur on the foot, but sometimes affect the fingers and also have been known to occur on the nostril and the ears. The cause is a too quick movement from chilly temperatures to warm temps. Typically the small arteries require time in order to open in response to heating. In a chilblain they don’t open up rapidly enough in order to bring nutrients to the cells and move aside waste elements. This invokes an inflammatory reaction that eventually develops in to the chilblain.

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