# Does anyone else have "hot" feet or understand what I mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 28, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232 "2005-06-28T17:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/21 "2005-06-28T21:30:04Z")
How odd. I was contemplating starting a thread on this very topic. In the last couple of weeks since it’s been getting hotter out my feet have been getting dispropotionately hotter. Apparently my feet are extremely sensitive to temperature variations because when it’s cold out my feet get disproportionately colder. At the moment I’m sitting here barefoot with a spray bottle, spritzing my feet every ten minutes or so to cool them off. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/22 "2005-06-28T21:46:27Z")
I don’t have a problem with hot feet but with sweaty feet. I have to put Gold Bond Powder in most of my socks before I put them on. I also avoid wearing black shoes. I have been outside in bare feet in winter but mainly in Texas and Louisiana, and then just long enough to fetch firewood. The stairwell in my building is only partially closed so I sometimes go barefoot in winter here, too, if I’m not going to leave the stairwell. My feet are also cold-sensitive. I cannot go barefoot on cold, bare floors lest feet and calves start aching. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/23 "2005-06-29T01:54:19Z")
Sometimes when I’m on my period (like on the first day), my feet feel funny. Sometimes they ache. Other times, they feel hot. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/24 "2005-06-29T03:40:21Z")
I’m a hot-footer, too. It doesn’t seem to be as bad lately, but they’ve driven me crazy while trying to sleep in the past. Lately all I’ve had to do to keep them happy is slather with thick lotion and keep them out of the covers. I used to do the fan thing directly on my feet, and sometimes put a cold, wet washcloth on them all night. May I plug my favorite hot-foot lotions? The Body Shop body butters (my favorite flavor is Nut), Bath & Body Works Body Cream and Alba Botanica Body Cream. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/25 "2005-06-29T03:47:52Z")
> [@kniz](#): > > Sometimes my feet get so hot at night that I can’t go to sleep. Other nights they are cold and keep me from sleeping. This is the only thing that keeps me awake and I’ve learned to deal with it and get to sleep. I’m exactly the same. I was just standing on a cold pack 10 minutes ago. In the summer, my feet are so hot they feel as if they’re going to burst into flame. This also coincides with my feet peeling. Gross. I wash them in cold water before bed to get some relief. In the winter, my feet are ice cubes and it takes quite a bit to heat them up enough to fall asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/26 "2005-06-29T05:37:30Z")
My feet are very…interesting. When I don’t wear socks, my feet sweat. When I put socks on, they stop (unless I’m doing something strenuous or something that would cause them to sweat). ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/27 "2005-06-29T05:53:31Z")
Yep, seriously hot feet here. I can’t bear to wear shoes ever (unless I have to, then it’s flipflops or sandals), and I can’t stand sleeping with my feet under a blanket, no matter how cold the rest of me gets! And they do get so hot I can’t stand to sleep, until I discovered Vicks vapor rub as a foot massage lotion. Sometimes I have to do that and set up the little fan across my toes, all this after a lukewarm footbath. My god that makes me sound old and somewhat pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/28 "2005-06-29T13:57:02Z")
Me too…I can take my feet out of my shoes in the winter and make a wet footprint on the floor! Not only hot but sweaty. Gee, thanks dad! Apparently I get it from him. ---
**Author:** ![Prancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Prancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prancer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/29 "2005-06-29T17:22:44Z")
Another with HOT feet. I’ve done the run cold water over them just to get them cooled down enough that I can sleep thing. I hate regular shoes & I wear sandals as often as I can, and I usually go to sleep with both of my feet sticking out from the covers. I don’t tuck my sheets & covers under the mattress so I can have better access to the nice cool air. I’ve infrequently had times when my feet felt even hotter than usual, as if I were resting them on the sun. Usually, when they’re that bad, I use athlete’s foot spray/cream for a few weeks and they return to their normal hottness. ---
**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/30 "2005-06-29T18:54:35Z")
Another hot-foot person checking in. I absolutely canNOT sleep with my feet covered even in the winter. I wear sandals/flip-flops as much as possible even though I’m technically not supposed to at work (not considered professional). They’ve never said anything to me about it, although I wouldn’t care if they did. Comfy feet are worth a reprimand at work! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/31 "2005-06-29T22:47:45Z")
My feet get hot, but not to this extreme. My hands, however, are burning lumps of ore most of the time. My hands are usually five or six degrees hotter than the rest of my skin. Not extra sweaty or anything, just really really hot. ---
**Author:** ![phee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@phee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/32 "2005-06-30T02:00:55Z")
Yes! They do get cold though, but only because I hate wearing shoes, socks or slippers. You do that in the winter, they’re bound to get cold. My dream is to live somewhere where I can wear flip-flops year round. ---
**Author:** ![Onebrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Onebrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onebrat)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/33 "2016-02-29T02:15:28Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Hi I’m \*\*Anaamika \*\* and have hot feet. > > No, I know they’re \*attractive \*. 😃 But what I mean is that they are several degrees warmer than the rest of my body. I wear sandals ten months out of the year in Albany, NY, and people are shocked but I am genuinely made uncomfortable by shoes & socks. People don’t understand how quickly my feet heat up walking even short distances. When I sleep at night, I stick my feet out of the blankets. I cannot stand when the sheets are tucked into the mattress. When I was little and my parents tried to put me in jammies with the feet because they thought it was cute I screamed the house down. I will wear socks and shoes, don’t get me wrong, but only for specific occasions: > [ul] > [li] I’m hiking or jogging or biking or some activity that requires shoes.[/li][li] It’s below 10 degrees in temp.[/li][li] There is snow on the ground that I have to walk through.[/li][/ul] > > I’ve only ever met one other person who understood, and that was a person whose husband had the same issue as me. My SO thinks it’s one of my more charming traits but thinks it’s silly. > > So there’s gotta be Dopers who have the same issue. Anyone? I am exactly the same way with my feet too. People do not understand how I can wear sandals most of the year. I also with my feet out of the blanket. If my feet get tangled up…I will wake up in a panic. It is nice to know that I am not the only one with this problem. My doctor also told me that with my warm feet I have excellent blood pressure, and he is right…is that the same with you? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/34 "2016-02-29T05:56:15Z")
Another hot-footer here. I’ve always gone around barefoot, and could never sleep with even a sheet covering my feet. But now it’s worse: Due to diabetes, I have neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease. This means reduced feeling in my feet, and the need to wear compression stockings. Due to the nerve damage it feels like I’m wearing heavy socks all the time. I miss feeling the cool floor under my feet. And my husband is exactly the opposite. He sleeps all bundled up, under a comforter. And his feet are like ice, under two or three pairs of socks. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/35 "2016-02-29T10:42:37Z")
Not exactly “hot” feet in the sense the OP means it, but I start wearing sandals in the 40-45 degree range, and walk barefoot around the house because slippers make my feet a sweaty mess. When I spent a week in the hospital it was a constant argument with the nurses who wanted me to wear socks/slipper-thingies _all the time_ - we finally compromised by my promising to put them on before setting foot on the floor but my _god_ I could not stand wearing them in bed! People always ask “aren’t your feet cold”? No, they’re not. If they _do_ get cold I put on socks/shoes/whatever, like when I’m outside in the winter time. I’ve long been told it’s a sign of good circulation in my legs and feet. Yeah me, I guess. I’m assuming it’s not a very common trait at my age given the level of surprise it seems to generate among medical sorts. It is very annoying when, for safety reasons, I have to wear heavy shoes or boots, but I prefer sweaty feet to injured feet so I put up with it when I have to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/36 "2016-02-29T13:27:11Z")
My youngest daughter often has hot hands and feet. When she was younger I always thought that she had a fever but nope, her temperature was ever so slightly on the “high” side but normal, like 99.3ºF. She also has sweaty palms like me. For the record, she’s 6. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/37 "2016-02-29T17:14:21Z")
How did I miss this thread when it was first started up?! Hot feet here too - mrAru loves it because I never warm up ice cold feet on him at night 😃 I also hate wearing anything on my feet at home, which drives my podiatrist nuts, he is convinced that if my feet aren’t armored at all times I will get injured and have to have them cut off or something absurd. I have had diabetes since 1980, and still no neuropathy, great blood supply, just an issue with chondrocalcinosis that drives me insane when it flares. I normally sleep with them uncovered, dislike having my legs trapped in bedding or even worse to me are mummy style sleeping bags. And whomever was having issues with the nurses about the damned socks, I told mine to deal with it. And for some reason, in my 54 years, I have never had athletes foot, which I guess is supposedly odd for someone who goes barefoot so much of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/38 "2016-02-29T17:45:32Z")
Pretty lively zombie here. I’m another one who has to have feet sticking out of the blankets. On camping trips I have to have a sleeping bag where I can unzip the bottom to stick my feet out when others are wearing multiple pairs of socks and/or down booties. As long as I’m not carrying a heavy backpack I hike in sturdy, clunky Teva sandals. I also wear them on the bike when it’s warm out but the wind factor of cycling means I have to wear enclosed shoes during cold weather. Counter-intuitive it may seem, but I’ve found that wool socks are the answer when socks are necessary. I’m talking modern, soft as cotton, non-itchy merino wool like Smartwool, not the old scratchy things from years gone by. It turns out thinking of wool as “keeps you warm” is less correct than “wool regulates your temperature”, keeping you warm in cold weather but cool in warm weather … and it wicks away sweat rather than absorbing it and staying damp. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/39 "2016-02-29T18:12:28Z")
Things have changed for me in the past nine years: I now have hot feet during the day and cold feet at night. Doc thinks it’s related to diabetes. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232/40 "2016-02-29T18:41:52Z")
I used to have cold feet, but about four years ago I started having symptoms of plantar fasciitis. Ever since then, my feet feel hot on the soles, especially at night. I’m always seeking the cold places on the periphery of my sheets to hold my soles against. A frozen water bottle rolled under my arch feels like heaven. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-hot-feet-or-understand-what-i-mean/310232.md?page=3)