Are Your Hands Almost Always Cold? You Might Have Raynaud's Syndrome

My hands are cold almost all of the time. I get cold easily and have a hard time staying warm. When I touch someone, I often have to apologize for having "zombie hands." It has nothing to do with metabolism or body fat. I noticed this issue when I was 14. It was the middle of winter and my bestie and I were totally nuts about the Ramones. We went to a club where they were playing and wanted to be first in line (like in the movie "Rock n Roll High School") so we showed up several hours before the doors opened to prove our loyalty. We were wearing dresses and thick tights. It was winter in NY. My friend, who was more petite than me, was cold. But my feet and hands were in frostbite-feeling pain. Even though I was wearing a long, quilted coat, I was clearly suffering more than her. That day stuck with me, not just because we were front row watching our favorite band in the world and not because Johnny threw me a guitar pick that I turned into an earring, but because I couldn't understand why the cold caused me so much more pain and discomfort than my friend. Cut to 20 years later when I was living in Grand Junction, CO working as a TV news reporter and anchor. The two winters I lived there were challenging. Operating my camera in the field often required removing my gloves. My hands would inevitably sting then go numb, making camera operation a joke. One day at a gynecology check up, I was lying naked under a piece tissue paper they call a "gown." It always feels like zero degr...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news