Coldness of the limbs One of the most common health problems among people, especially in the winter, and that the situation is a natural response to the natural, because of the low temperatures in the surrounding environment, where the human body rearranges the internal temperatures in proportion to the external heat, which causes the contraction The patient may become cold in the hands and feet due to anxiety or stress that may occur for a period of time, resulting in the feeling of the feet icing temporarily with a change in the color of the skin to the skin Pale or blue wen, which initially prompts the person to cover these areas, or wear thick socks to restore the heat and natural color of this part of the body.
However, in some cases, the feet may be irrigated in the summer when the temperature is high. This condition requires medical review if it is associated with the person or is repeated continuously, as it may be a sign of the body’s injury to a chronic disease that must be treated and followed to disappear colder Feet.
Causes of cold feet
- Low blood pressure temporarily or permanently.
- Anemia, known as anemia, is caused by a clear lack of minerals and vitamins that enter the body, caused by malnutrition or recurrent bleeding such as menstruation in females.
- Type 1 diabetes and diabetes.
- Hypothyroidism and lack of secretion.
- Alcoholism.
- Nerve damage or what is known as peripheral neuropathy.
- Disorders and mental illnesses such as illness, depression, epilepsy and others.
- Weak circulation (problems in blood flow to limbs such as hands and feet).
- Long sitting daily and non-movement from time to time.
- Reno disease: which often affects females and results from menstrual disorders and abnormalities in the secretions of female hormones in the body, causing a chronic sensitivity of the cold may be accompanied by numbness or tingling in the feet, fingers, in addition to turning the skin to pale blue.
- Burger disease: a disease that affects males more than females and is mainly related to smokers, which often causes cold limbs accompanied by swelling of the blood vessels in the feet and legs, although rare occurrence of the disease, but always affects young people between the ages of 20 – 40 years because permanent smoking Leads to narrowing of the blood vessels, and may gradually destroy the skin tissue, with the possibility of aggravation of the situation to reach the occurrence of gangrene, which eventually lead to amputation of the limbs.