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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
How come when you’re burned you’re not supposed to immediately put it in cold water? How does that hurt you more than help you?
gpt
Cold water is good. Freezing ice cold water or actual ice is bad. You've damaged the nerves already- ice water or cubes will just damage it more since it will restrict blood flow and possibly cause damage itself. 

Best thing for a burn is cool running water for 10minutes. 


For an opposite view- have you ever had your hands so absolutely freezing cold that when you put them in what should be cold water, it feels warm? And actual warm or hot water is so hot it stings? You need to gradually warm your hands up under room temp water before you can turn it higher. 

Your cells need time to react to the change in temp. The burn has actually heated up your cells and will continue to burn and cause damage. You need to cool it off, but not shock your system.