Sunday, February 9, 2014

Why Are You Always Cold? A Doctor Explains


Katelyn Heindel is always cold.
“In the summertime when it’s 80 degrees, I’m walking around saying I’m freezing,” the 28-year-old told weather.com. “I feel like it’s negative 80 degrees on my hands and feet.” 
Her hands and feet feel frozen so often, she said it got to the point where she was wasting time at work trying to warm them up. Her husband insisted she go to the doctor to get the issue checked out.
The problem: Her body’s natural process of vasoconstriction, or the shunting of blood away from extremities in cold environments, was going haywire, making her feel extreme cold, even pain.

Read more here  (copy and paste to your browser):http://www.weather.com/health/why-women-feel-colder-men-20140204

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