Complaints about the cold feet of a doctor are not surprising, according to statistics, this problem occurs in a significant number of women aged 15 to 45 years. Interestingly, the stronger sex is faced with this scourge twice less than the weak. And the symptoms in men appear much later, after fifty years.
So what happens to the blood supply, why are the legs starting to freeze? Doctors believe that cold feet annoy the owner due to spasms in the capillaries. When a spasm occurs, the blood stops normal movement along the periphery of the circulatory system of the lower extremities and stagnation begins, as a result, the legs begin to freeze. If, moreover, frequent and severe hypothermia is allowed, a sharp exacerbation of the disease is possible.
Treatment
Medicine cannot yet give an exact answer to the question why some people have constantly cold legs, and if so, they usually treat the symptoms, and not the disease itself. The main symptom is constantly cooling legs, on which the skin changes its natural color, first to pale, then it can take on a bluish tint, sometimes a person feels numbness of the lower extremities. In addition, there may be complaints of tingling or throbbing pain in the legs. It will not work out completely, but the risk of worsening can be significantly reduced. A few simple rules will save you from getting to know the hospital walls.
Firstly, your clothes should be appropriate for the weather. Even if you run out for two minutes, but the street is cold, be sure to dress warmly. Pay particular attention to the protection of the hands of the legs and head. Shoes should be spacious, it is advisable that they be air-laid, then coming from the street, you will be much less likely to warm frozen or just cold feet.
Secondly, the temperature in your home should in no case be lower than the limit at which you will feel normal, if you are cold after twenty degrees - try not to let the thermometer’s arrow drop below this critical point for you. Feel free to use warm pajamas when you go to bed.
Thirdly, if you smoke, quit. Smoking very strongly narrows blood vessels and often causes severe spasm of capillaries.
Fourth, take only a warm shower, cold water is contraindicated for you, as it can trigger the blockage of blood vessels.
Fifth, if you have cold legs, do special gymnastics. Yoga recommends that anyone who has a problem with cooling limbs do this exercise: sitting on the floor, stretch your legs forward, feet together. With a sigh, stretch forward trying not to bend your back, stretch your hands, then lower them, with your palms sliding along your legs toward the feet. Leaning forward and keeping your back straight, try to touch your thighs with your stomach. Grasp your feet with your feet or put them on your shins from above, do not bend your knees. It is necessary to stay in this position for about 30 seconds, gradually the exercise time can be increased.
Sixth, check the level of hemoglobin in the blood, it is not necessary that you have cold legs because of the low content of this substance , the reasons may be completely different, but make sure that it is not hemoglobin that is simply necessary. Pomegranate juice remarkably increases hemoglobin, and products containing iron are also suitable for improving this indicator.
Alternative medicine can also offer several recipes for cold feet.
Here are some of them:
- For a bottle of vodka, you need to take a couple of finely chopped hot peppers, add a tablespoon of salt and mustard powder. Pour all this into a bottle of vodka and put on the infuse until the vodka turns red. The resulting tincture gently rub your feet before bedtime. When the liquid is absorbed, put on woolen socks and go to bed.
- Another great vasodilator is a bowl of hot water with pepper tincture from the first paragraph. Add about 50 ml of pepper to five liters of water. You can add a large spoonful of cinnamon and a little clove oil there. After holding your feet for about 20 minutes in a basin with such a solution, go to bed, now you are guaranteed to stay warm all night.