Inclement exposure; Frostbite can strike quickly if you're caught in a sudden storm.(Life-Discovery)

Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) | February 25, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: BRIAN NEARING - Staff Writer

What causes frostbite?

In the cold-blooded logic of the mammalian brain, frostbite is the body's way of protecting itself from freezing to death.

"When you are freezing, your body will not shut down blood flow to heart and lungs except as a last resort," said Dr. Mara McErlean, chief of service for emergency medicine at Albany Medical Center Hospital. "It will keep warm blood flowing to those areas for as long as possible."

When the body must preserve diminishing warmth, it will reduce and eventually ...

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