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Originally Posted by missygirl77
It makes it worse and can cause more pain.
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Yes!
Dr Hooshmand says it does...
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"Ice provides total anesthesia and relief of pain for several minutes the same way as the hand becomes numb being exposed to snowballs in the winter. However, a few hours after the cessation of ice exposure, the pain recurs with vengeance due to reactive enlargement of blood vessels after the constriction of blood vessels due to exposure to ice."
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See:
RSD PUZZLE #102
Ice Versus Heat
http://www.rsdrx.com/rsdpuz4.0/puz_102.htm