Infants sleeping in air-conditioned rooms with cold hands and feet may be a normal physiological phenomenon, but it may also be caused by hypothyroidism and pediatric anemia, which should be clarified in the hospital.
1. Normal physiological phenomenon: infants sleeping in air-conditioned rooms, due to the indoor temperature is too low, will make the peripheral blood vessels contraction, resulting in cold hands and feet, which is a normal physiological phenomenon, you can adjust the indoor temperature in a timely manner, do not have to worry too much.
2. Pathological phenomena:
(1) hypothyroidism: due to the child’s basal metabolic rate decreased significantly, the body will produce less heat, there will be a low skin temperature, which can be manifested as cold hands and feet.
(2) Pediatric anemia: when anemia affects the contraction of blood vessels and reduces the return of blood, leading to circulatory disorders and poor peripheral circulation, which is also known as cold hands and feet.
It is recommended that infants sleeping in the air-conditioned room when the phenomenon of cold hands and feet, to rule out the normal physiological phenomenon, should go to the hospital, clear causes under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.