Help for cold hands...

[volleyball]

Insulation is great especially if you can do it yourself. That is not always possible. Plastic on the windows, foam in the cracks and foam around doors will be cheap and very effective. I have a fair size all electric home and my bills are lower than many gas or oil heated homes.

[Expat1]

You could try going electric with battery heated glove liners I saw on a blog today made by Activheat. see link:

[InCogNeato]

Living where is gets cold in the winter, my hands are chronically cold and testing is really difficult as I can't seem to get a good sample. The fingers just don't bleed when they are all shut down. Does anyone have suggestions for how to warm them up adequately to bleed???

I have the same problem. My hands are freezing cold all the time. I see you probably use the computer a lot. The only thing I found to help thaw out my hands and fingers are INFRARED HEATED COMPUTER MOUSE AND MOUSE PAD. I use them inside a mouse hand warmer blanket pouch. They are made by ValueRays and are available online at IGMproducts.com.

After using the infrared heat for about 20 minutes a day for a few weeks my cold hand pain was almost entirely gone.

INRARED HEAT REALLY WORKS WELL FOR POOR CIRCULATION!

Hope this helps everyone here with cold hands! It helped me!

[Ategeler]

Me too! I always rinse my hands under warm water. If I don't have water nearby I sometimes rub my hands on my legs or my hands together to get the blood flowing.

[InCogNeato]

Me too! I always rinse my hands under warm water. If I don't have water nearby I sometimes rub my hands on my legs or my hands together to get the blood flowing.

The only thing is they get cold again really fast. That's why therapeutic heat therapy is good for poor circulation. Do you use the computer a lot?

[Marcia K in Fl]

I have the answer to end it all-----

Move to Florida!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

[angelsbridges]

I find that if I stick my hands under my armpits, it helps a lot. I was always told if I were freezing to death to put them there, haha. It's one of the warmest spots on your body.

[InCogNeato]

I live in the desert and it gets up to 120 degrees in the summer. Today it's in the 80's and my hands are freezing! I think poor circulation doesn't depend on temperature.

[Ategeler]

I do use the computer a lot but my hands have always been cold. Long before I used a computer )

[InCogNeato]

I do use the computer a lot but my hands have always been cold. Long before I used a computer )

I spend a lot of time sitting at the computer, too. I first noticed "really" bad, numb, cold hands when I was using the computer. Probably because they are exposed to the air and I'm sitting still gripping a cold mouse. Otherwise, I could do things to get them warm like pet the dog, rub them or exercise.

Anyway, if you want heat therapy when you are sitting still using the computer use computer gadgets designed to keep your cold computer hands warm. I have them all. Just about every possible heated USB contraption sold! This winter alone I bought 4 new USB heated gadgets. A real junkie for warmth.

It's the infrared heat that makes the difference. I found several websites with tons of information for cold hands. My favorites are http://www.valuerays.com and http://igmproducts.com (has a Learning Center, too). Igmproducts endorses this forum. I just went there, and it looks like some of their stuff is on back order. But they usually have good things at cheap prices with free shipping. It's worth looking into.

I'm getting off my soapbox. This is starting to sound rambling.... I am now a true believer in heat therapy because it helped me a lot. That's the bottom line.

[AVFD-FF]

In my phlebotomy class we were taught to use a warm compress to wrap the hand / arm we want to stick. The reason being is the hand is a return point for the blood so if the hand is warm it will blood circulation.

As of yet I have not had to do that I have been lucky to get people that I stick get enough blood out of to fill the tubes. But the same concept should apply to finger sticks. Now mind you there is a difference in HOT and WARM besides the obvious. Warming the skin will increase blood flow and not tighten the skin up... similar to something cold.

[goofy48220]

rube ur hands togather are under ur armpits ur
body is the warmes part of the body. it helps to

[Delphinus]

Put your hands in your hair.