Remi Lindholm, a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 50km run last Saturday, said his penis was frozen by frostbite due to the cold weather. .
Frostbite is an injury caused by prolonged exposure to extreme cold. It affects the skin and underlying tissues, with the extremities being the most at-risk area. Frostbite areas usually include the fingers, toes, face and ears, some of which can become exposed in cold weather and cause lasting damage.
Cross-country skiing requires athletes to cover long distances in inclement weather.
In the case of the Finnish skier, he suffered frostbite on his penis during the race, due to insufficient clothing and support equipment to protect this particularly sensitive area from the wind. cold.
Temi Lindholm needed a thermos bag at the end of the race to re-warm her frozen sensitive area, according to reports. Reuters. The report also said the skier spent about an hour and 16 minutes covering the 50km distance in “howling wind and freezing cold”. This isn’t even Lindholm’s first frozen penis experience, as he went through a similarly grueling experience in Ruka, Finland, last year.
“Can you guess which body part was a little stiff when I finished the men’s 50km at the Olympics… it was one of the worst competitions I’ve ever been in.”, Lindholm told Finnish media. “It’s all about fighting to get through.”
The organizers then also delayed the start time by about an hour and shortened the distance to only 30km, due to concerns about the risk of freezing for other athletes. A weather report two hours before the race showed the environment at 3ºF (-12.77ºC), with winds up to 50 km/h. The wind chill has a temperature of -21ºF (-29.44ºC).
How the frozen penis incident happened
Remi Lindholm.
Riders often wear thin, layered clothing during skiing events, including cross-country ski races. They have cloths covering their faces and ears. But all of these aids are not enough to provide adequate protection in the extreme cold weather they often experience.
Lindholm said he used a heat pack to thaw his frozen penis after the race was over. That’s when he started to feel pain. I said: “When the parts of the body start to heat up after the end, the pain is unbearable.”
Frostbite can penetrate silently without the victim noticing. Cold and windy weather can also damage body parts covered by clothing, and that’s what happened to Lindholm.
The first stage of frostbite is frostbite, which does not lead to permanent damage to the skin. Rewarming the area will lead to pain and tingling. A frozen penis can be particularly painful, given the sensitive nature of this organ.
More serious frostbite will require medical attention and can lead to life-threatening complications. Some limbs may become necrotic and require amputation. Fortunately, that is not the case for Lindholm.
Interestingly, modern medicine performed the first successful penis transplant and the medical procedure later showed that the organ was still working quite effectively.
Refer BGR