With temperatures to be in the single digits and possibly below zero the next couple of nights, and with winds to be as strong as 30-miles-per-hour, frostbite can be a real issue.

Family Practice Physician Dr. Laurie Connolly with Greene County Medical Center says frostbite is when a person is outside in extremely cold temperatures and the cold can cause numbness and damage to the skin. She says the most susceptible areas of the body for frostbite include nose, ears, fingers, toes, chin and cheeks. Some of the signs of frostbite include white-colored skin, numbness and difficulty moving body parts. 

Dr. Connolly advises, if someone is suffering from the beginning stages of frostbite, take the person to a warm environment and start the rewarming process.

“Warm water (or) just even body heat to try to get the hands, the digits, rewarmed again. You don’t want to use hot water or a stove where there can be damaged as far as too much heat. You don’t want to rub the skin because that can cause damage.” 

A wind chill advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for Greene, Dallas and Guthrie counties from midnight tonight through noon tomorrow.