Blood-flow changes, swelling, cold limbs and heart-related symptoms.
Morning hand swelling is often caused by fluid collecting in the tissues while you sleep, staying in one position for hours, a salty meal, warm weather, or temporary inflammation. It may settle after you start moving. However, swelling that keeps returning, lasts into the day, affects only one hand, or comes with pain, redness, numbness, … Read more
Cold Hands and Feet but No Fever: Common Causes and When to Worry Cold hands and feet but no fever can feel confusing because most people associate feeling cold with being ill. In reality, cold hands and feet but no fever are often not about infection at all. They may reflect how your body handles … Read more
Can high blood pressure cause dizziness? Many people assume the answer is yes. It sounds like it should be true. But in most cases, high blood pressure does not directly cause dizziness. That is one reason it is often described as a silent condition. A person can have high blood pressure for a long time … Read more
High blood pressure signs are easy to miss because high blood pressure usually has no obvious symptoms. That is why it is often called a silent killer. Many people feel completely fine even when their blood pressure is high enough to damage the heart, brain, kidneys, and blood vessels over time. Still, there are situations … Read more
It happens all at once. When you are sitting still, maybe reading or watching something, your heart does something strange. A flutter. A thud. It seemed to trip over itself for a second before going back to normal. Understanding heart palpitations causes is something most people never think about until it starts happening to them … Read more