Watching Everest documentaries, why is amputation the only cure for severe frost bite?

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I would think the body would heal when it gets warm or medical technology is advanced enough to allow some healing.

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You can’t heal what’s dead. If frostbite is severe enough it will kill the affected area. If you don’t amputate it will rot on the body and you’ll end up with a deadly infection from the toxins. This is known as gangrene

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