Brr... My Hands Are Frozen...

[Kody]

Okay, my hands get cold really easily... well they're pretty much always freezing cold. I was wondering if this could be Celiac related?

Any awesome Celiacs here have this same situation?

[Guest melannen]

Yes. My hands are always cold. Lucky for me I have warm handed friends that like to help me out with that

[Guest Kathy Ann]

I've had cold hands all my life. In my case it is related to my fight or flight mechanism responding to either emotional or physical stress. When your body is under stress, it perceives a dangerous situation and shuttles more of the blood supply to your head and trunk at the expense of your extremities. Viola! Cold hands and maybe feet.

Since celiac is certainly a physical stress, I can see a definite possible connection.

[oceangirl]

I've had cold hands all my life. In my case it is related to my fight or flight mechanism responding to either emotional or physical stress. When your body is under stress, it perceives a dangerous situation and shuttles more of the blood supply to your head and trunk at the expense of your extremities. Viola! Cold hands and maybe feet.

Since celiac is certainly a physical stress, I can see a definite possible connection.

Yes, cold hands- think I've read here that that and low blood pressure might be connected to celiac. Hmmm....

lisa

[IrishKelly]

Yep, my feet too

[Guest cassidy]

My hands are also always cold. I moved to Florida because I couldn't take it anymore. Now if it is below 80 I freeze.

[TriticusToxicum]

Cold Hands and feet here too

[Guhlia]

I always have cold hands and, too a lesser degree, feet as well. I always thought it was due to poor circulation, though I never really thought about why I had poor circulation. Hmmm...

[Ursa Major]

Cold hands and feet can be due to adrenal fatigue, which can definitely be caused by celiac disease. I am being treated for that now (by a naturopathic doctor), and my hands aren't cold as often any more.

My oldest daughter used to have absolutely frigid hands and feet all the time, and when she started being adjusted regularly by a chiropractor (once a week), that problem just went away. That was six years ago, and her hands and feet have been warm ever since.

[tarnalberry]

There are a handful of things mainstream docs will check you for if your hands are consistently very cold (uncomfortably so, painfully so) in situations where they shouldn't be (70 degree rooms, places where everyone else's hands are fine, where the rest of you is plenty warm). In a situations like that, I wouldn't just pass it off as nothing, and would have it looked into. (Little things like this that might warn of circulation problems are important to take note of.)

[amber-rose]

I always have cold hands. And usually cold feet too. But its mostly the hands.

Actually during church, they tell you to turn around & shake your neighbors hands & alot of the time people tell me that my hands are very cold.

[jennyj]

I never used to have cold hands until my last hospitalization. since I am anemic and celiac my hands are always cold. If my feet get cold then my back hurts, kinda crazy.

[mamaw]

Cold hands & feet can be Reynauld's. I was dx'd a year before going gluten-free. My hands turn pure white with a few red blotches on them & they are very very numb. I sometimes run very warm water on them for hours to get feeling back to them.

mamaw

[bluejeangirl]

Okay, my hands get cold really easily... well they're pretty much always freezing cold. I was wondering if this could be Celiac related?

Any awesome Celiacs here have this same situation?

I agree with all thats been said and just offer one more reason.

I'll notice my hands and feet get cold during the evening when I'm watching t.v. I have to cover them with a throw blanket. I figured it's because I'm digesting the biggest meal of my day and blood gets directed to the digestive system.

gail