![]() But while the result is that our blood supply favours protecting our core organs and trunk over our extremities, it means less blood flows to the hands and feet. Women have more evenly distributed fat layers, providing internal insulation. ![]() There are many theories as to why women suffer from this problem. We are also more likely to suffer from Raynaud's disease - a recognised condition where not enough blood gets to the fingers and toes, causing extreme pain. However, it turns out it is much more to do with our physiognomy than where we originate from.Ī new survey has found that women are nine times more likely to develop cold in their extremities than men. I had thought the reason my husband didn't feel the cold was because he's a Northerner and I'm a Southerner. So if my feet get cold and my toes become disjointed, I have to sit there with a painful grimace on my face, incapable of doing anything about it. Women have thinner skin than men, so their feet get colder quicker This involves me taking off my shoes and socks and tugging away, which is not possible on a packed train - which, nine times out of ten, is when it happens. This has happened to me ever since I was a little girl and the only way I know for me to combat it is to wrench my toes slightly out and then hopefully they will eventually go back into their sockets. When my feet get cold, my toes cramp and I writhe around in pain. But it gets much worse than fashion dilemmas. I have taken to wearing tights under trousers but even that hasn't been enough with the recent snow. ![]() All that palaver with thick tights and extra socks. I totally understand his hatred of my cold feet. As I try to tuck my feet into the warmth of his legs or back or whatever bit of his warm flesh that is nearest, he shudders and moves away. I am for ever wanting to use him as a human hot-water bottle. 'Do you have to have the heating on so high?' he'll say when he comes in of an evening to find me warming my feet and hands on the radiator. The Tootsie index: Lucy Cavendish tries a warm-up
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