Chilblains

Chilblains or pernio a small lesion on the skin, itching, sore and swollen. Chilblains occur due to abnormal skin reaction to cold. Usually attacking extremitas which is easy to be cold, such as toes, hands, nose and ear lobes. Sometimes also on other skin areas, such as heels, lower legs and thighs.

Chilblains is a skin disorder that usually occurs in times of winter. It is unclear why a person suffering from chilblains when the skin gets cold. Possibly because at least the circulation (blood circulation) in extremitas. Small blood vessels that exist under a thin skin will experience a contraction when the skin becomes cold, it causes the blood supply becomes very slow. When the skin is made into heat again, causing the rupture of small blood vessels, so that the discharge of blood vessels to the network. This is what causes the inflammation and swelling finally happened this chilblains.

symptoms of chilblains

Chilblains occur several hours after terexpose with a cold. Symptoms include:

• It is very itchy, typically with a taste like burning

• Usually begins with redness and lesions could be purple

• Pain

• Swelling

• sometimes can lead to ulceration which can cause secondary infections

It usually lasts 7-14 days, and heal itself. Some people will still suffer from chilblains every winter.