99jdee

anyone else here smoke ****, and get cold hands, my fooking hands are ice cold sometimes, sometimes ones cold and ones normal, im guessing its down to bad blood circulation due to smoking to many cigarettes! damn them addictive smokes! also feet too sometimes!

Midlife......

iTrader: (2)

Buergers Disease/Reynauds... ??

http://smokinggotme.com/buergers.html

Shaun

SiPie

Sounds like Reynauds but the smoking sure won't do your circulation any favours

99jdee

i have a disease?!? im only 23 i thought it was just cas i smoke!? lol guess ill be off to the doctors in the morn! lol

bigsinky

have you been smoking for years and do you smoke 100 a day? if not it not the smokes it's something else

dpb

Thins the arteries dont it , not unless youve been smoking since you were 6 i wouldnt have thought though

Leslie

There is only one way to find out!

Les

David Lock

Yes

Doubt if arteries are clogged just yet though.

I have a few decades on you and my ticker doesn't pump very well so poor circulation.

So when youi have a moment pop into your friendly quacks and mention it to him/her. But remember smoking now banned in waiting area.

Oh and get some gloves.

dl

Chip

Yep , STOP SMOKING

Chip

Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

I used to get that very badly but it stopped when I gave up smoking. Strange thing is that I used to suffer from it as a kid before I started smoking! Sometimes get it very mildly when driving in the winter but then I hate over hot car interiors, keep the climate control on and aim the vents at my hands! Other than that, I sweat buckets on any light exercise. Still succumb on the toes.

GlesgaKiss

I thought nicotine restricted blood flow to the extremities?

I was sort of diagnosed with Reynauds in my teens. The doctor said it 'might' have been the cause of the poor circulation in my hands and toes. Apparently a lot of people have it. If anything, mine would be a very mild version. Sounds like yours could be too? But don't rely on a bunch of scoobynet members for a conclusive diagnosis.

99jdee

i think it is the smoking i have stopped for a while and it gets less but sometimes its just ridiculous! my hands are like ice inside and everyones elses are normal lol.. i am going to try and give up soon because yer obviously id rather have a life then die from smoking ****, they are not worth it, but its the thing that i enjoy doing when i have a spare few minutes most of the time! dirty habit!

GlesgaKiss

Do they actually go white and lose all circulation, or do they just get cold and sore?

Only once did one of my big toes go completely white when I was just in a cold room. It went totally numb... there was actually no blood in it, and I had to put in up in a sink of warm water to get the circulation back into it.

But my hands have always had poor circulation, and apparently it could be a mild case of Reynauds. I work outside, so have got used to it and also developed ways of keeping them warm. Once I get going, they're fine, but first thing in the morning and after I've taken a break they're a c*nt.

The feeling of being cold is a funny thing, because it makes you not want to move, which is the opposite of what helps! You might look stupid, but have you tried clenching and opening your fist really fast? Or rubbing your hands together? Don't just do it for show... actually put all your effort (your shoulders and everything) into rubbing your hands together - as hard as you can. That should warm all the muscles in your arms up too, and get blood flowing.

So the main thing is just stopping them from getting cold in the first place. And if you haven't done that, get them working hard and warming up as quickly as possible rather than just putting up with it.

Leslie

Its a lot worse when it starts to cause poor circulation in the coronary arteries.

Les

dpb

cold hands warm heart