What Does Frostbite Do To Your Body?

If you've ever been stuck in freezing temperatures then you probably know a bit about frostbite. But how exactly does frostbite work?

Tune into the premiere of Sherpa, Saturday April 23rd at 9/8 central on Discovery!


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[Dixavd]

It lowers your stamina recovery speed and weakens your defences.

[Cahejo]

I've gotten frostnip on my feet once. It was painful as sin when the body temperature returned to normal.

[facepuncherjoe]

At Least with frostbite, you see it coming. Brain Freeze on the other hand...

[vd]

That Sherpa Documentary aired in here and was quite an eye opener. Always knew Everest has become commercial never knew what Sherpas go through. Good guy Discovery.

[azsegrxdhtfgvijnkomlewrhtg]

I got frostbite on both my ears once. It was -40 celsius, very windy and I was outside for an hour without ear protection. My ears literally felt like they were on fire and then I looked in the mirror and my ears were like 3 times their normal size. It freaked me out. I think it took like 3 days before they shrank back to normal size and all the skin came off as they healed. They looked dead. It was nasty.

[moosefactory]

When I was a kid growing up in Ohio, I use to be outside for hours in the snow just wearing gym shoes and when I would get home, my feet would be frozen solid. I am lucky I never got frost bite

[knicknak]

I swear if you Eat my wife's home made spicy chicken soup or as I call it molten penicillin I guarantee you could go bareback up Everest in boxer shorts and flip flops

[atiqahdiyana]

This is really well done. With the pictures and the different values you used to measure the temp and wind speed

[MarvelousLXVII]

I remember the Michigan winters well. Walking to school down the railroad tracks, breathing in and feeling your nose-hairs crackle, etc.

[meganrioux]

"Michigan is cold"

Ahah welcome to Quebec City when a little chilly morning is only -31ºC 😂

[TheElderize]

Michigan... he said....
it is cold.. he said...

[ndCityCine]

I can climb everest in a tank top, hold my beer

[rohanpandey]

At 1:57 there's an optical illusion. It looks like the area surrounding the hypothalamus is shrinking.

[Potomacstud]

Just helped me decide where my next vacation destination would be, Thanks !

[catllionare]

I'd like to watch the complete video of the guy who survived the everest

[Eysc]

Well frostbite 3 made my pc cry and burn damn battlefield 4.

[deadacc]

Elsa's favorite Medical condition

[EgameLp]

Can you add "C°"and "Km/h" in your videos? It would be much easier for me and other people to understand everything!

[clayoppenhuizen]

Yay a fellow michigander. Also this video makes me wonder how common frostbite was in northern reaches of the US from the days of indigenous rule to colonial and early American rule.

[thoras]

I'm in northern Maine and I had to walk across a bridge that was on a river, and it was like 30-40 below with windchill, and my brother and I were in physical pain with a full winter kit on