Table of Contents
- Overview
- Treatment
- Prevention
Sensitivity to the cold; Intolerance to cold
Home Care
Follow the recommended therapy for treating the cause of the problem.
Call your health care provider if
Call your health care provider if you have long-term or extreme intolerance to cold.
What to expect at your health care provider's office
Your health care provider will take a medical history and perform a
Medical history questions may include:
- Time pattern
- Have you always been intolerant of cold?
- Has this developed recently?
- Has it been getting worse?
- Do you often feel cold when other people do not complain of the cold?
- Medical history
- What is your diet like?
- How is your general health?
- What are your height and weight?
- What other symptoms do you have?
Tests that may be performed include:
- Complete blood count (
CBC ) Serum TSH - Thyroid hormone levels
If your health care provider diagnosed cold intolerance, you may want to note that diagnosis in your personal medical record.
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Review Date: 04/19/2010
Reviewed By: Ari S. Eckman, MD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by
VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA,
Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
