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Hunting Reaction
Vasoconstriction Vasodilatation
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Difference
(mm)
1 2 3 4 5 6
Days
Average difference (treated part - not treated part)
in distance Tragus - Nostril in function of time.
Not treated
Treated
If the application of cold is carried out long enough, it will be followed by a
vasodilatation. This paradoxical vasodilatation corresponds with a protective
hyperaemia. If the exposure is prolonged even more, the periods of vasodilatation
and those of vasoconstriction will follow after each other. This phenomenon is
called the “Hunting Reaction or also Escape”.
It has also been demonstrated that only cold, applied alone, has no direct effect
on the oedema. In order to have an effect, it must be accompanied by a light
compression in an inclined position. This combination will resolve the oedema
faster.
Source: M-B Bollack, A. Wilk; Etude du traitement de l’œdème en chirurgie
maxillo-faciale par le cryothérapie; Kinésithérapie scientifique, 1998, n° 381, 6-23.
Average difference (treated part - not treated part) in distance
T ragus - Nostril in function of time.