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MINIMIZES FROSTBITE DAMAGE
A study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine established that aloe works for frostbite as well. Researchers gave standard treatments for frostbite (antibiotics, ibuprofen, and rewarming) to 154 patients with mild to serve frostbite. Of patients who additionally received aloe vera cream, 67.9% healed without any tissue loss (amputation) compared to 32.7% in the control group.
Researchers concluded that aloe prevented a decrease of blood flow to the grozen tissues, a common cause of tissue loss in frostbite.
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