Cold extremities and microcirculation, a common condition in winter
During the change of seasons, especially during the cold season, it is common to suffer from cold extremities (nose, hands, feet, ears). This phenomenon due to a minor disturbance of the microcirculation is quite normal. Nature is well made and your body reacts. But why this phenomenon? When it is very cold, the body primarily protects vital internal organs, such as the heart, lungs, liver, etc. For this, the blood vessels in the extremities of the body contract and the blood flow to the internal organs increases to keep them warm (it is this mechanism that is exacerbated in Raynaud’s syndrome for example, where the blood does not go more in the extremities, hence the white...
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