bloomber@noscvax.UUCP (Michael N. Bloomberg) (02/05/86)
Most of the time my hands are significantly colder than the
rest of me. I would like to know what can cause such a condition??
I don't think that climate plays much of a factor since I had
cold hands when I lived in New York and cold hands living in
San Diego.. In summertime, my hands will be less cold but still
significantly colder than the rest of me.
My feet also gets colder. If I go to sleep without socks on, I'll
have a shallower and more disturbed nights sleep.
Any ideas?? This condition is more of an annoyance than anything
else.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
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I have the same problem and have been told it is due to poor circulation. Even when I am exercising quite hard and quite warm, my hands will be like ice (during the colder months of the year). -- jill c. arnson ihnp4!drutx!jca AT&T IS, Denver (303)538-4800 "Excuse me,... My name's Enid Kapelsen, I'm from Boston. Tell me, do you fly a lot?"
benson@dcdwest.UUCP (Peter Benson) (02/08/86)
I have the cold hands problem too. Went to my Dr. and he
prescribed Papaverine. I am told by a pharmacist friend that
Niacin is also helpful.
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dcdwest!benson@SDCSVAX.EDU |rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) (02/09/86)
In article <224@dcdwest.UUCP> benson@dcdwest.UUCP (Peter Benson) writes: >I have the cold hands problem too. Went to my Dr. and he >prescribed Papaverine. I am told by a pharmacist friend that >Niacin is also helpful. > Although I normally have quite warm hands and feet, if I get them around very cold things (ice water, snow, etc.) they cause me great pain. This has been traced to a circulatory problem, as someone has already mentioned, and the name for it is Reynoud's (pronounced ray-no) Syndrome; probably from the French doctor who decided to name it. The best technique I have heard for treating this is simple if you can find it: biofeedback. You simply teach yourself how to increase the circulation in your extremeties. I have taught myself this on my own with a good bit of success. The easiest way to do it is to first learn how to control your heartrate, since you don't need fancy instruments for the feedback. Once you have some biofeedback experience under your belt, work on the circulation problem. It is really not nearly as hard or outlandish as it sounds -- give it a shot, -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj
nose@nbires.UUCP (Steve Dunn) (02/11/86)
> Although I normally have quite warm hands and feet, if I get them around > very cold things (ice water, snow, etc.) they cause me great pain. This > has been traced to a circulatory problem, as someone has already mentioned, > and the name for it is Reynoud's (pronounced ray-no) Syndrome; probably from > the French doctor who decided to name it. > > The best technique I have heard for treating this is simple if you can find > it: biofeedback. You simply teach yourself how to increase the circulation > in your extremeties. I have taught myself this on my own with a good bit > of success. The easiest way to do it is to first learn how to control your > heartrate, since you don't need fancy instruments for the feedback. Once you > have some biofeedback experience under your belt, work on the circulation > problem. > Actually the way to increase circulation to the extremities with bio- feedback is to try to cause them to warm up. Increases in tempature will be a result of (I think) dilation of blood vessels. Anyway you don't exactly need hi-tech equipment to do tempature biofeedback - you need only a thermometer that will read between 75-80 degrees and 98.6. hold this between 2 fingers and try and raise the temp. It may be helpfull to imagine plunging your hands into warm sand, warming them in front of a fire etc. You probably want to work on you feet also. For this a device that emits a tone which varies with tempature is useful. They are availible at a modest cost from Edmund Scientific co. Also for a thermometer a good solution is a liquid crystal strip that wraps around your finger and changes color with changing temp. They are $5-10. I've seen'em at health food stores. Don't know about drug stores but its worth checking. -Steve "Brain? Sorry, wrong planet" Dunn