Cause of cold hands?

[Frenchoak]

I know cold hands ✋️ and feet 👣 are a known symptom of MSA, but anyone know why please?

As soon as I mention my stoney cold hands to anyone generally, I'm met with the usual response of bad circulation.

Is this the cause of the MSA cold hands, or is it something else, like our temperature gauges not functioning properly?

Anyone know please?

Thanks 😉

[ReverendBadger]

Another case of MSA causing autonomic dysfunction, this time it's your cardiovascular system.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/925...

I have the cold hands and feet symptom but it has only appeared in the last couple of months. Sometimes it is only on the left and its currrently intermittant although nearly always provoked by going outside in cold weather without gloves on. I think the capilliary blood vessels in the hands shut down too much and for too long, hands go blue and skin goes ultra wrinkly. This is so extreme and abnormal it cannot simply be erroneous "temp guage". I try to avoid going out for long when its cold outside i.e. below 5 centigrade.

[Paul_and_Sue_Wood]

Hi it's MSA condition and it's the temperature control system playing up.When your body feels cold under normal conditions it will retain heat by closing off extremities where heat loss is greatest, hands and feet, hence frostbite!

MSA causes the body to think it is cold, when it's not.

Just make sure the sufferer is not actually cold.

Paul

[SilentEchoes]

Raynaud's (ray-nodes) syndrome. Magnesium deficiency is common in neurodegenerative disease. It's also linked to autoimmune disease and [neuro] inflammation. I have ALS, thought it was MSA before undergoing extensive testing, there's not a lot of difference in my opinion with considerable overlap in neurodegenerative diseases.

SE

[rideabike in reply to SilentEchoes]

Yes I have Raynaud’s syndrome. Not diagnosed with MSA but it’s a likelihood. Thought it was peripheral neuropathy until I read the other comments. Sorry about your updated diagnosis. The symptoms are so similar at times. Thanks for the input.