What are freezing legs, many of us know firsthand. In summer, the problem is not so acute: you can walk along the street under warm sunlight. But in cold and damp weather the cold lurks everywhere, even indoors. How do you get rid of the "permafrost" of your feet?.

Causes First of all, it is necessary to understand, why the feet are cold, whether it happens constantly or in certain situations.

Legs can freeze because of the structure of our body. The fact is that the muscular array, which helps to conserve heat, is in this part of the body insignificant. There is no subcutaneous adipose tissue, but there is a relatively large area of ??the skin, giving off heat. That is why autumn and winter are the time when our feet are exposed to increased cold exposure.

Sometimes the fact that the feet freeze, guilty following the fashion. Not seasonally thin pantyhose, too narrow shoes (to the extent that the toes of the foot can not practically move) - all this does not contribute to the preservation of heat. It is worth changing the beautiful, but uncomfortable shoes for a warm, and instead of a short skirt to put on pants - and in the legs there is a welcome warmth.

However, if the legs freeze always and everywhere, the cause may be a disturbed capillary circulation, which is associated with one of the following problems:.

Local circulatory disturbance - varicose veins, vascular anomalies. In this case, along with the freezing legs are characterized by edema of the feet, growing pain while walking in the shin area, passing at rest, the appearance of dilated veins or "stars".

General circulatory failure - abnormalities in the work of the heart, vascular dystonia. In this case, a decrease in the tolerance of exercise, a dyspnea when walking on the stairs, swelling of the feet.

Violation of impulses by sensory or vegetative fibers of the nerves of the lower limbs.

In this case, if you prick the skin in the upper part of the thigh and the skin of the foot, you can see that below the sensitivity of the skin is reduced. This is typical for diabetes, as well as thyroid disease.

Decreased thyroid function. It manifests itself in the slowing of the pulse or arrhythmia, the decrease in body temperature, sometimes in the greasiness of the hair, the fragility of the nails.

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