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The area most at risk are fingers, toes, ears, and nose. Theses areas receive limited blood flow under normal circumstances. Adding the cold weather that is necessary to do damage, the body shunts blood from peripheral circulation to conserve heat. The tissues dies because a lack of blood flow.

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