Nobody likes exposure to extreme temperatures, since humans have an internal thermostat that alerts them when an environment is not favorable, so that they can leave it before they suffer harm. Cold intolerance is an extreme case of the expression of this mechanism.
Beyond a lack of thick garments or very low ambient temperatures, this situation can occur due to pathologies such as anorexia, hypothyroidism or poor health in general. What to do before this worrying sign? We will detail it below.
What is cold intolerance?
The hypothalamus is a region of the brain that – together with other physiological mechanisms – acts as an internal thermostat in animals, as it sends signals that promote or inhibit the production of hormones and directly influences human body temperature.
In addition to this region of the brain, the circulatory system, the thyroid gland and the amount of body fat are other clear modulators of internal temperature. If any of these fail for any reason, it can lead to the appearance of cold intolerance.
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