trench foot

n. A condition of the foot resembling frostbite, caused by prolonged exposure to cold and dampness and often affecting soldiers in trenches.

[From its occurrence among soldiers in trenches.]

trench foot

n (Pathology) a form of frostbite affecting the feet of persons standing for long periods in cold water

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n. injury of the skin, blood vessels, and nerves of the feet due to prolonged exposure to cold and moisture, common among soldiers serving in trenches. [1915–20]

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trench foot - resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wetimmersion footcryopathy, frostbite - destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene

Trench Foot

a foot disorder resulting from prolonged exposure to cold and dampness and resembling frostbite. Trench foot occurs at above-freezing temperatures. The condition, which was first described at the time of World War I, was observed among soldiers who spent long periods in damp trenches. Mild cases of trench foot are marked by painful numbness in the feet as well as edema and reddening of the skin; cases of moderate severity, by serohemorrhagic blisters; and extreme cases, by necrosis and associated infection of the internal tissues.

Hospital treatment of trench foot includes immobilization, novocaine blocking, anticoagulants, physiotherapy, and surgery when indicated.

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im·mer·sion foot

a condition resulting from prolonged exposure to damp and cold; the extremity is initially cold and anesthetic, but on rewarming becomes hyperemic, paresthetic, and hyperhidrotic; recovery is often slow. Synonym(s): trench foot

trench foot

n. A condition of the foot resembling frostbite, caused by prolonged exposure to cold and dampness and often affecting soldiers in trenches.

A condition described in World War I in soldiers in the trenches, whose feet were damp and exposed to near-freezing temperatures for prolonged periods, which caused acral vasoconstriction and heat loss; the resulting ischaemia unchains a vicious cycle of necrosis, endothelial damage, intravascular ‘sludging’ of cells, extravasation of protein and fluid, resulting in increased ischaemia; the prolonged cold is followed by vasodilation, burning pain and paresthesiae with formation of haemorrhagic blebs or gangrene, accompanied by cellulitis, lymphangitis, swelling, thrombophlebitis, and persistent hypersensitivity to cold with secondary Raynaud phenomenon
Management Slow warming of foot; if the tissue is warmed too rapidly, reactive hyperthermia, blistering and possibly thrombosis

trench foot

A condition described in World War I in soldiers in the trenches, whose feet were damp and exposed to near-freezing temperatures for prolonged periods, which caused acral vasoconstriction and heat loss; the
prolonged cold is followed by vasodilation, burning pain and paresthesiae with formation of hemorrhagic blebs or gangrene, accompanied by cellulitis, lymphangitis, swelling, thrombophlebitis, and persistent hypersensitivity to cold with 2º Raynaud's phenomenon Management Slow warming of foot. See Immersion foot.

trench foot

See IMMERSION FOOT.

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noun resembling frostbite but without freezing

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