What is the reason why women have cold legs and feet?

The temperature of female body is lower than that of male body, which is a characteristic of female. However, some women will show the characteristic of cold legs and feet in daily life, which makes women vulnerable to the trouble of cold, especially when sleeping, they will have symptoms such as difficulty sleeping due to cold legs and feet. Let's take a look at the reasons why women have cold legs and feet? I hope everyone can understand it.

Four reasons for cold hands and feet

1. Circulatory disorders

1. The heart is weak and cannot supply blood to the extremities of the body.

2. Anemia: insufficient circulating blood volume or low hemoglobin and red blood cells.

3. The human body's blood vessels will contract and the blood return ability will be weakened, resulting in poor blood circulation in the hands and feet, especially the fingertips, which is often called "poor peripheral circulation."

2. Insufficient Yang Qi. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold hands and feet are a kind of "blocked syndrome." The so-called "blocked" means blocked. Affected by factors such as cool weather or cold body, the liver meridian is affected by cold, and the liver's hematopoietic function is affected, leading to insufficient Yang Qi in the kidneys, cold limbs, red or white hands and feet, and even pain.

3. Hormonal changes caused by menstruation and childbirth. Among people with cold hands and feet, women account for the vast majority. This is because hormonal changes affect the nervous system, causing subcutaneous blood vessels to constrict and blood flow to decrease, thus causing cold symptoms.

4. Disease factors include Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon, and Takayasu arteritis, which often occur in young women. Thromboangiitis obliterans mostly occurs in middle-aged men.

In addition, people who are under excessive mental stress, are overly sensitive, worry too much, and are often uneasy are also at high risk of cold hands and feet.

The dangers of cold hands and feet

Cold hands and feet can cause women to have scanty menstruation, irregular menstruation, and even infertility; women are more likely to have cold hands and feet during special physiological periods such as menstruation, pregnancy, and delivery due to physical weakness. If it is not prevented in time, it will lead to poor spirits and physical chills. Long-term cold hands and feet may also cause frostbite in winter. It is also related to diseases such as rheumatism and stomach problems.