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Right Hand Feeling Cold. Why?

HI, I just wanted to know... why do you think.... My right hand is suddenly always colder than the rest of my body (besides my nose sometimes) but im not cold at all but my right hand is freezing...can you tell me why? This started about 3 days ago, first it was my right pointer finger that was always cold and even inside my pockets or gloves it stayed cold, now it my whole right hand and my rist.... where I live we ve had some cold tempertures in the 30 s and 40 s maybe even high 20 s but i was always warm...I just dont get why it s freezing cold all of the sudden...
Thu, 14 Feb 2013
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Hello, thanks for using HCM.
From what you are saying, it seems you are having a chronic and progressing arterial problem. Blood supplies heat to body parts and when blood supply is limited, the underlying body part becomes colder than the other parts. A common arterial condition that could be responsible for what you feel is artherosclerosis which is common in hypertensive, obese and diabetic patients.
On the other hand, other possible causes could be of nervous origin probable from a nervous compression from trauma or irritation from metabolic diseases like diabetes or from viral infections.
A detailed examination is however needed and possible tests done in order to have an apropriate diagnosis and so, i will advice you see a neurologist.
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Right Hand Feeling Cold. Why?

Hello, thanks for using HCM. From what you are saying, it seems you are having a chronic and progressing arterial problem. Blood supplies heat to body parts and when blood supply is limited, the underlying body part becomes colder than the other parts. A common arterial condition that could be responsible for what you feel is artherosclerosis which is common in hypertensive, obese and diabetic patients. On the other hand, other possible causes could be of nervous origin probable from a nervous compression from trauma or irritation from metabolic diseases like diabetes or from viral infections. A detailed examination is however needed and possible tests done in order to have an apropriate diagnosis and so, i will advice you see a neurologist. thanks