Cold weather can wreck havoc on a body if not properly taken care of. Some tips for staying warm are to wear loose clothing, layers, covering your face with a scarf, and changing if you get wet. Issues associated with the cold include heart attack, lung problems, frostbite (even on your eyes!) and stroke. Most of these conditions are caused by the shrinking of blood vessels when exposed to the cold. It’s our bodies natural response to protect our main organs.
Key Takeaways:
- Baby, it’s cold outside — and many of us first feel the freezing temperatures of winter in our toes and fingertips before elsewhere in the body.
- What the body tries really hard to do is to protect the most important organs, which are the ones deep inside: the heart and brain and lungs.
- Globally, more temperature-attributable deaths tend to be caused by cold than by heat, according to a 2015 study published in the journal The Lancet.
“Frosty weather can affect your heart, especially if you have cardiovascular disease.”
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/16/health/cold-weather-health/index.html