“Cold feet occur in acute gastroenteritis for the following reasons: when fever starts; vomiting and diarrhoea leading to hypotension causing insufficient blood volume and impaired blood circulation around the legs and feet; gastrointestinal cramps causing constriction of the surrounding blood vessels; insufficient nutrition due to diarrhoea, etc. and insufficient metabolic calories in the organism.
Acute gastroenteritis can result in cold feet, which may occur at such times due to fever caused by infection, insufficient blood volume due to vomiting and diarrhoea, vasospasm caused by abdominal pain and gastrointestinal spasm, which affects the blood circulation in the feet and results in cold hands and feet.
During an acute attack of acute gastroenteritis, the body becomes weak due to infection etc., resistance decreases, the body’s blood circulation system and functions such as heat production and heat dissipation are also weakened, and symptoms of general chills and cold feet occur. Meanwhile, the recovery status of acute gastroenteritis can be judged according to the cold feet, and if the temperature of the hands and feet gradually returns to normal, the prognosis is good.”