Patrick J. McDaid, M.D.

Cold hands are uncomfortable both to you and to anyone they touch, but are they really anything to worry about? Sometimes those constantly cold hands can be a sign of illness. But most often, cold hands simply mean that your inner body has gotten a little too cool and your "core temperature" has dropped a little too low. If cold hands are especially persistent for longer than usual, it may be caused by poor circulation due to the hardening of blood vessels over time, hypothyr