We Don't Need Doctors; We Have the Internet

I have to warn you that the content I'm about to share with you isn't pretty. Please close this window if you tend to feel queasy about... feet. I've been spending some Internet time in the past month trying to diagnose the unattractive and painful condition of my toes, see Exhibits A & B below:





and I'd kind of concluded it was just poor circulation. Then this morning I read this. An answer to my queries and straight out of Ch. Dickens--chilblains! Obviously my toes aren't totally purple like this poor girl's; they tend rather to fluctuate between pink-red and red-purple through the day and only at the tips. There's no medical treatment for chilblains, just the recommended wool socks and avoidance of the month of February. Which is happily almost finished.