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I didn't see anyone giving free medical advice...just saying see a doc for thyroid, was all.
Now here's free medical advice! Pull down your bottom eyelid
in front of a mirror...are your capillaries pale and pink...or nice and red?
Compare them to a friend that is healthy and not cold.
People do have nice deep red caps there that have enough Bs and Iron in their blood...usually meat eaters, and red wine drinkers, ha!
You can save time seeing a doc (that you can see later) if you want to buy a $10 iodine tincture...many people are iodine deficient using gourmet salts now ...with no iodine added...I read that.
I knew someone with cold extremities...she ended up having an enlarged heart bec it was working so hard to push blood into her capillaries.
She is on some pill now and is ok. She ignored being cold...it was when her heart was so big it made her cough a lot!
Only a heart and lung specialist found the issue.
Not, trying to scare you...but exams can be life savers....
See, free advice, PLUS, suggesting to see a doc.
Oh, forgot, I also agree 125lbs for 5'11'' is low...fashion-wise it is not, of course.
I bet you look great.
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I didn't see anyone giving free medical advice...just saying see a doc for thyroid, was all.
Now here's free medical advice! Pull down your bottom eyelid
in front of a mirror...are your capillaries pale and pink...or nice and red?
Compare them to a friend that is healthy and not cold.
People do have nice deep red caps there that have enough Bs and Iron in their blood...usually meat eaters, and red wine drinkers, ha!
You can save time seeing a doc (that you can see later) if you want to buy a $10 iodine tincture...many people are iodine deficient using gourmet salts now ...with no iodine added...I read that.
I knew someone with cold extremities...she ended up having an enlarged heart bec it was working so hard to push blood into her capillaries.
She is on some pill now and is ok. She ignored being cold...it was when her heart was so big it made her cough a lot!
Only a heart and lung specialist found the issue.
Not, trying to scare you...but exams can be life savers....
I'm a healthy 26 year old woman, 5'11 and 125 lbs. But my hands get cold to a bothersome extent if the temp dips below 45F. I hate having to always wear gloves.
Is there any way to increase my hands' tolerance to cold? The rest of my body is fine. In fact, my average basal temp is over 99F.
Some of the deep sea divers / commercial fishermen I know here who work in an environment much colder than 45F swear by taking cod liver oil capsules for improving circulation and keeping their hands warmer.
At 5'11" and 125 pounds you are possibly a little bit anemic or have a slight Vitamin D deficiency and that will make the hands cold too. You can take cod liver oil for that also.
Some of the deep sea divers / commercial fishermen I know here who work in an environment much colder than 45F swear by taking cod liver oil capsules for improving circulation and keeping their hands warmer.
At 5'11" and 125 pounds you are possibly a little bit anemic or have a slight Vitamin D deficiency and that will make the hands cold too. You can take cod liver oil for that also.
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Good suggestion. You need to eat well if you're going to live in cold weather country! And young, thin women often need more nutrients than older people, but won't eat, to stay thin.
Also not mentioned - being acclimated to a cold climate for some years, makes it easier.
70% of body heat loss is through the head and neck. When a person has cold hands or feet, the body has begun conserving heat by cutting circulation to the extremities. The solution is to wear a hat.
Maybe in the 1880's it did, but here in the modern age, we stopped listening to old wives.
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The us army has been saying 40-45% since the 60s and 70s, based on experment results in the 50s. The tesrs then were people in full artic gear with exposed heads, so it makes sense most heat was lost via the head as the rest is covered. Most of the more recent results have shown it be to roughly double the % of bodies surface area at most. Your head is about 7-10% Of your bodies surface area. Highest percentages shown were about 15% of your bodies heat, more often it was around 10%. What has been proven however, is the head is much more sensitive to cold than other areas, forming the sensation you are lossing more heat.
As well, as previously stated your bodie will redirect heat to your core and head to keep those alive sacrificing your hands. Therefore an uncovered head will make cold hands as your bodie needs to send the heat to your head, and not your hands. So while it is not 70% or even 40% the general idea behind it is true, warming your head keeps you warm (although its as your bodie doesnt need to send its limited supply of heat to the head.
In a rough general order your body will warm your core/head (not ears/nose) first, then arms/legs, then hands/feet (no fingers/toes), then fingers, toes, ears, and nose. Im basing this off of first hand experience (in how my body gets cold, i have not had frostbite or hypothermia yet, and do not plan to), memory of what i have read in the past (outmost extremities get frostbite/cold first), and common sense (warm hands dont matter if your elbow is frost-bitten, as youll loose the arm and the hand anyway).
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Also were the OP lives does matter. For instance if she is in Maine, then 45 degrees is warmer than normal to get warm hands (most people here in MA are comfortable at 45 degrees in winter, i personally overheat easily at it if im outside for any length of time, as we should be around 15-20 degrees here. However my cousins in warmer climates (FL), get cold really easily, anything under 50 in winter is cold to them, when its hot for me. It is partially what you are used to.
I'm a healthy 26 year old woman, 5'11 and 125 lbs. But my hands get cold to a bothersome extent if the temp dips below 45F. I hate having to always wear gloves.
Is there any way to increase my hands' tolerance to cold? The rest of my body is fine. In fact, my average basal temp is over 99F.
I'm sure somebody must have mentioned this...at 5' 11" and 125 lbs you are going to be cold, you just don't have the body mass, so invest in some different types of gloves for different tasks/situations.
Either that or a dozen doughnuts a day for 8 months should pork you right up!
I remember as a teen being 6' and 130 lbs and never being warm from October till April...thankfully that only lasted from 13-17 years old.
The us army has been saying 40-45% since the 60s and 70s, based on experment results in the 50s. The tesrs then were people in full artic gear with exposed heads, so it makes sense most heat was lost via the head as the rest is covered. Most of the more recent results have shown it be to roughly double the % of bodies surface area at most. Your head is about 7-10% Of your bodies surface area. Highest percentages shown were about 15% of your bodies heat, more often it was around 10%. What has been proven however, is the head is much more sensitive to cold than other areas, forming the sensation you are lossing more heat.
As well, as previously stated your bodie will redirect heat to your core and head to keep those alive sacrificing your hands. Therefore an uncovered head will make cold hands as your bodie needs to send the heat to your head, and not your hands. So while it is not 70% or even 40% the general idea behind it is true, warming your head keeps you warm (although its as your bodie doesnt need to send its limited supply of heat to the head.
In a rough general order your body will warm your core/head (not ears/nose) first, then arms/legs, then hands/feet (no fingers/toes), then fingers, toes, ears, and nose. Im basing this off of first hand experience (in how my body gets cold, i have not had frostbite or hypothermia yet, and do not plan to), memory of what i have read in the past (outmost extremities get frostbite/cold first), and common sense (warm hands dont matter if your elbow is frost-bitten, as youll loose the arm and the hand anyway).
I took a seminar at the University of Colorado Cold Weather Research Station (it's in a very cold place) in the early eighties. The researchers (it was a seminar on humans and animals in cold environments) told us that the figure was 70%. I trust these people far more than the military since they are legitimate scientists. A physician impresses me far more than "Old Sarge."
I also learned about frost-nip at that time. It's the result of exposure to cold which isn't as serious as frostbite. It usually goes unnoticed. The bad thing about it is that it leaves the affected areas of a person with a permanent sensitivity to cold.
Only a very rare person has never had hypothermia. Anyone who has ever shivered has experienced it as shivering is a response to an abnormally low body temperature. Shivering raises the core temperature a bit. It's better to have the right clothes beforehand, but putting them on when cold is next best. Another important point: people have died of hypothermia in even the hottest months of the year. An excellent way to get it is to wear denim in wind and rain. Wet denim actually chills the body faster than wet bare flesh.
When I recommended that people wear hats, I did not mean that they should neglect gloves. The wise person covers anything that gets cold. Tough guys are fools.
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