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Can you have organ tissue seperate (necrosis) from cold injury hypothermia?can you get frostbite on tour stomach(besides just cold direct contact)
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Frosty insides: Probably not because of the fact that you central core is well insulated and cocooned w warm blood.
Answered 12/9/2015
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