When winter comes, your toes are cold? These reasons may be the cause of your cold toes

Winter is here and the temperature is dropping. If you still feel cold toes even with the heater on, you may need to consider the following reasons.

1. Hypothyroidism

The thyroid gland is an important endocrine organ in the human body because it controls the body's energy utilization. The thyroid hormones it secretes can effectively promote the oxygen consumption rate of tissues throughout the body, thereby increasing the body's heat production capacity. At the same time, it is also responsible for the body's temperature regulation together with adrenaline. If the thyroid gland is hypofunctional, resulting in a decrease in the secretion of thyroid hormone, it will affect our body's energy conversion, which may cause cold hands and feet.

2. Raynaud's disease

You may not be familiar with Raynaud's disease. To put it simply, our body reacts more violently to the cold. This condition mainly occurs in the winter when the temperature drops. Because the cold can induce arterial narrowing, it causes the color of our limbs to change, and occasionally it is accompanied by a little pain, especially when warming up. Therefore, if you have this situation, just take measures to keep the distal end of the limb warm and avoid exposure to the cold environment.

3. Diabetes

There are many complications of diabetes, and cold toes are one of them. This is mainly because the long-term high blood sugar in diabetes induces peripheral neuropathy, which affects the oversensitivity of the foot nerves to temperature and mechanical stimulation. Once the surrounding temperature begins to change, the foot nerves will capture the sensitive changes and cause cold toes. Therefore, if you have diabetes, you must use medication reasonably to control the stability of blood sugar, and keep your feet warm to avoid the stimulation of cold feet.

4. Peripheral Vascular Disease

If you are a diabetic who has not properly controlled blood sugar for a long time, please take the initiative to pay attention to it. Because peripheral vascular disease is one of the most common complications in diabetic patients. Due to the long-term stimulation of blood vessels by high blood sugar, the elasticity of some arterial walls will gradually decrease, and there is a possibility of brittleness and thickening. This will in turn affect blood circulation. The quality of body blood circulation will directly affect the distribution of body heat. If part of our blood circulation is abnormal and affects the circulation and distribution of blood flow in the feet, cold toes will also occur. Therefore, if you are a diabetic, please take the initiative to pay attention to it. Reasonably control blood sugar levels to avoid more complications.

4. Hypotension

At present, the low blood pressure value used in my country refers to systolic blood pressure below 90 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure below 60 mmHg. Low blood pressure will affect the blood supply to the distal extremities, including the hands and feet. Restricted blood pressure circulation will affect the maintenance of the temperature of the hands and feet. Weak physique or heart and vascular diseases can cause low blood pressure, so we must pay great attention to it. It is not only to ensure the heating of the feet, but also to avoid excessive fluctuations in blood pressure that may induce other unexpected situations including dizziness and fainting.

5. Hypercholesterolemia

For some overweight or obese people, high cholesterol may be a common problem. Due to high blood lipids in the body, indicators such as high cholesterol often exceed the standard. Cholesterol will selectively accumulate on the inner wall of blood vessels, which will not only cause vascular inflammation, but also cause blood thickening and affect blood flow, thereby indirectly slowing down blood circulation and affecting the heat circulation of the feet. Therefore, if you have high cholesterol or are overweight or obese, please be sure to establish a balanced and healthy lifestyle and find the right relief method to reduce the occurrence of this situation.

Cold toes are a common problem for many people, especially for those who still feel cold even when the heater is on. I hope this article can solve your doubts.