Local health officials offer tips for workers outside during cold temperatures

Winter is here and it's brought frigid, bone chilling temps that's keeping most of us inside, but not all of us.

For some there is work to be done. And it's important to follow some simple January rules to stay healthy. 

Wicomico County's Director of Prevention in Health, Cara Rozaieski says, "You definitely want to dress in layers as you’re working outside if you start sweating or you know get a chill from the sweat then you can put on or take off as you need to."

Another piece of advice is to listen to your body when you feel like the cold is taking a toll.

Taking breaks in a warm area can help you throughout the day. Stepping away could be the difference between a healthy you and dealing with problems like hypothermia or frost bite. 

But what's the difference? We're told hypothermia is more an overall body situation where you are getting chilly and it starts affecting your mind because you can’t think correctly. Frost nip, the beginning stages of frost bite, is really more the feeling of in your skin, in your extremities nose ears, fingers, etc. 

We are told certain things can affect your body and how you react to the temperatures outside. Things like medications or even your age can affect you.  

But no matter what, the biggest takeaway is to stay bundled up.