Anastasia Akulova, a cardiovascular surgeon, head of the vascular surgery department of the Russian Railways-Medicine Central Clinical Hospital, told Sputnik radio about the danger of hypothermia. In the event that hands begin to turn blue in the cold, and not turn red, this may be a sign of a health problem, with which it is worth contacting a doctor, the doctor warned.
Human hands turn red in cold weather, and after being warmed, they return to their normal color, the doctor said. However, in the case when the hands become pale or blue, this is one of the symptoms of circulatory disorders.
“If there is pain, and the fingers are pale or even become” cyanotic “, then it is worth considering. Usually the color change occurs on the second and fourth toes. As a rule, fingers turn white, and then turn blue symmetrically, that is, on two hands, ”the specialist emphasized.
The surgeon told what needs to be done for people whose hands turn blue in the cold. She advised not to allow hypothermia, as well as to refrain from smoking in the cold, since vasospasm occurs from cigarettes. It is also worth contacting a doctor, conducting ultrasound diagnostics and checking the vessels for circulatory disorders.
Earlier Tatyana Romanenko, therapist, family doctor, chief physician of the Tvoy Doktor clinic, told Russians how to help the body adapt faster to low air temperatures. She called for reducing discomfort and training cold receptors. In order for the body to get used to low temperatures, it is necessary to create minimal cooling by reducing the temperature in the room.
