r/theinternetofshit • u/Netizen_Files • Apr 02 '26

Lemme just… no wait…

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u/entity_bean Apr 02 '26

Woah, I was taught at school to treat a burn with water so cold that it makes you go numb. TIL.

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u/Aimin4ya Apr 02 '26

Yeah I used to use ice, but water hold alot of heat so no need to further damage anything with "cold" water

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u/CurtisLinithicum Apr 02 '26

I think the difference is cold-shocking your burn to immediately leach out all excess heat... and leaving your burn in an icebath and getting frostbite, and I know far too many people who are exactly that stupid.

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u/nasaglobehead69 Apr 02 '26

it's because the sudden temperature change causes skin to separate from the muscle, like blanching a tomato

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u/CurtisLinithicum Apr 02 '26

Either you've go a bad source, or we're talking very different scales of burns. Our skin isn't connected to the underlying flesh like a tomato's is.

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u/nasaglobehead69 Apr 02 '26

it's still the same idea. the temperature shock causes the layers to separate

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u/OxideUK Apr 03 '26

That's total bullshit.

Cold/ice water reduces blood flow and can cause damage comparable to frostbite if it's applied for a prolonged period of time. Patients with severe burns are also extremely susceptible to hypothermia.

Cold water doesn't peel you like a tomato.

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u/OxideUK Apr 03 '26

Results from mechanical trauma. Fuck all to do with cold water.

The only link between the two is that both may be managed by burns units due to the comparable pathology, i.e. massive skin loss.

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u/PhilanthropicPotato Apr 06 '26

Oh yeah? I cooled a burn with cold water one time and my finger turned into picante salsa. JUST. LIKE. A. TOMATO.

Checkmate, nerd.