Hope for severe cold hands

Monday, December 6, 2010 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

Many people experience painful, numb cold hands as they go back and forth into wintry weather. Yet for some people cold, swollen, chapped hands may be a sign of blocked or constricted blood vessels. Most of these cases are a normal reaction to cold exposure and are easily treated. Yet, in some cases cold hand could be the first sign of a systemic autoimmune disease and very harmful if left untreated.

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