Whenever the ambient temperature drops below 70F or so, my right hand gets extremely cold (both in terms of how it feels to me, and in what others can feel if they touch both my hands and compare). I used to think it was because I was doing something with my right hand that was limiting circulation, but no … if I sit at the computer and type with both hands, it happens.
I know this is not a unique problem, as (with some difficulty) I’ve managed to Google it and find others complaining of the same thing. Medically, though, I’ve discovered almost nothing and what I’ve found seems unlikely to apply (horrible heart problem/aftereffects of stroke). Since I’ve been this way for years I doubt it is a significant health problem. But I am tired of my hand being freezing all the time.
Anyone else have this problem? Do you know the cause? Is there anything I can do about it (other than use external heat application, which is only a temporary fix and interrupts my work)?
BTW, it isn’t Reynauld’s. I had a friend with that, and this doesn’t have the distinctive coloration.
I have a similar issue. If my hands get too cold, then for some reason I’ll have two or three fingers on each hand stay warm while the others stay cold. I’ve let other people feel my hands and it freaks them out.
My theory has always been that its better to lose a couple of fingers than all of them so my brain has found some way to ensure that at least a couple of fingers receive adequate blood supply. I’m sure this is very wrong in lots of ways.
But at least here is someone with a similar problem and I don’t think it is serious since I’ve noticed it happening since I was a kid. But it takes temperatures of a lot lower than 70F, though, more like 30.
My right hand gets very cold if I’m sitting at the computer for longer than a half hour. It’s my mouse hand, and I think that has something to do with it. My other hand is either propping up my chin or sitting in my lap or holding a cup of tea, while the mouse hand is just sitting there, clicking now and then.