# my thumb!!! AGGGH!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thumb-agggh/134516>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 30, 2002, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thumb-agggh/134516 "2002-10-30T08:39:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thumb-agggh/134516/1 "2002-10-30T08:39:40Z")

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My right thumb is always cold! What is with that?! My whole body is warm, my arms are warm, my hands are warm, my **right** hand is warm… the **fingers** on my right hand are warm. WHY in God’s green pastures is my right thumb ONLY cold? This happens _all the time_!!! ARRR! I don’t get it. It’s driving me crazy. :mad: Grrrr!!

_melzie_

p.s. GRRRRR :mad:

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thumb-agggh/134516/2 "2002-10-31T00:17:47Z")

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hhhhmmmm, perhaps there is an old childhood injury? thumbsucking connection?

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thumb-agggh/134516/3 "2002-10-31T00:54:44Z")

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An MD would probably say, “See your doctor, it could be a circulation thing or a repetitive trauma thing.” A chiropractor would probably say, “It’s in your neck. Let me adjust that.” At choir practice, they’d probably say, “Pray.” A bartender would probably say, “Don’t stir your drink with that. Here’s a spoon.” Lands’ End would probably say, “We’ve got a great deal on these Polartec mittens.”

–Nott

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thumb-agggh/134516/4 "2002-10-31T01:31:08Z")

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Hmm, I never sucked my thumb as a kiddo, but this circulation thing may be something. Arr, I’m not going to a doctor for this nonsense though. Seems silly to go see a doc b/c my thumb is cold… but what if it’s serious?! :eek: Oh GOD! My thumb is gonna be chopped off! :eek:

_melzie w/ the soon-to-be amputated thumb_

p.s. Grrr ☹

p.p.s. …but I like stirring my drinks wif me thumb 😃

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thumb-agggh/134516/5 "2002-10-31T02:05:49Z")

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I get the same thing with my left hand. it seems to be twice as cold as the right hand, and the rest of the body.

I am left-handed. Is it a dominant limb thing?

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thumb-agggh/134516/6 "2002-10-31T02:28:26Z")

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Maybe the problem isn’t that the thumb is cold but that the rest o’ you is warm. 🙂