Many people suffer from cold in the extremities, especially in the winter. These extremities are highly susceptible to cold air, which causes the color to change to blue or white color, such as feet and hands, and a sense of pain and pain. There is numbness in the affected limbs, and may be accompanied by ulcers and pimples in the cold extremities.
Causes colder limbs
- Diabetes.
- Obesity.
- Excessive smoking.
- Coldness of the limbs due to the treatment of some drugs that are the side effects causing them.
- Psychological stress.
- The occurrence of atherosclerosis in the arteries.
- Rheumatism and its diseases.
- Dysfunction and lack of peripheral circulation.
- anemia.
- Shortness in thyroid function.
METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CRUDE COLD
- Avoid sitting for long periods or standing for long periods, as this prevents the movement of blood in the limbs and does not properly deliver blood to all parts.
- Massage for cold extremities such as feet and hands for at least fifteen minutes a day. This method should be followed daily.
- Keep exercise on a daily basis for at least half an hour as it stimulates blood circulation and moves the blood throughout the body. Fast walking can be effective.
- Drink plenty of warm drinks and foods that supply the body with the vitamins and energy needed for the day; it works to warm the body and protect it from cold especially the limbs.
- Visit a doctor if it is not the cause of cold winter parties; because this may indicate the presence of serious diseases must be detected and examined without any complications.
- Maintain proper weight and get rid of excess weight.
- Avoid wearing high heels and avoid wearing shoes and tight socks.
- Stay away from smoking.
- Put the feet in a bath of hot water for two minutes, then put them in a cold water bath for another two minutes, then return the feet to the hot water bath again, and this method is very effective because it activates the circulation of the blood quickly and quickly.
- Eat foods containing vitamin C and vitamin B by eating foods and beverages that contain these vitamins, such as: orange, juice, lemon, juice, colored peppers, or by taking supplements and medicines that contain these vitamins that work on Protect the heart.