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  2. Aerosol burn - Wikipedia

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    An aerosol frostbite of the skin is an injury to the body caused by the pressurized gas within an aerosol spray cooling quickly, with the sudden drop in temperature sufficient to cause frostbite to the applied area. [1] Medical studies have noted an increase of this practice, known as "frosting", in pediatric and teenage patients. [2] [3]

  3. Frostbite - Wikipedia

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    Grade 3: if there is a lesion on the intermediate or near body part, auto-amputation and loss of function can occur Grade 4: if there is a lesion very near the body (such as the carpals of the hand), the limb can be lost. Sepsis and/or other systemic problems are expected. [7] A number of long term sequelae can occur after frostbite.

  4. Cold injury - Wikipedia

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    Cold injury (or cold weather injury) is damage to the body from cold exposure, including hypothermia and several skin injuries. [6] Cold-related skin injuries are categorized into freezing and nonfreezing cold injuries. [5] Freezing cold injuries involve tissue damage when exposed to temperatures below freezing (less than 0 degrees Celsius).

  5. Why sudden loud booms sometimes occur when it's very ... - AOL

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    For a frost quake to occur, there must be sufficient water present, and this water must be located deep within the ground. This happens most frequently in areas where there has been a great deal ...

  6. Frost - Wikipedia

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    Black frost (or "killing frost") is not strictly speaking frost at all, because it is the condition seen in crops when the humidity is too low for frost to form, but the temperature falls so low that plant tissues freeze and die, becoming blackened, hence the term "black frost".

  7. Cold and heat adaptations in humans - Wikipedia

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    The only mechanism the human body has to cool itself is by sweat evaporation. [5] Sweating occurs when the ambient air temperature is above 35 °C (95 °F) [dubious – discuss] and the body fails to return to the normal internal temperature. [18] The evaporation of the sweat helps cool the blood beneath the skin.

  8. If You Have Frost in Your Freezer, This Is What It Means - AOL

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    It occurs when “moisture comes into contact with the evaporator coils inside your freezer and then freezes,” according to General Electric. Moisture collects on evaporator coils in a few ways.

  9. Salt and ice challenge - Wikipedia

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    The first documented video of the salt and ice challenge was posted to YouTube in 2006 by user OxZmoran. They performed the stunt and garnered over 100,000 views. [ 12 ] The first viral salt and ice challenge was posted to the entertainment site eBaum's World , in which a group of teenagers attempted the challenge and garnered almost 500,000 ...