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Do you think that i could hurt my feet or catch a flu if i go barefoot in cold weather?
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Cold weather: If you expose your feet to extreme coldness, you risk tissue damage such as gangrene. The safest thing would be to not subject your barefeet to such extremes in temperature.
Answered 8/18/2013
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