COLD FEET AND HANDS.

Taihape Daily Times, 2 August 1919, Page 5

COLD FEET AND HANDS.

Coldness of the feet and hands is a very common trouble in the winter months, and though it is usually traceable to a feeble circulation much can be done to remedy it and to prevent the chilblains which frequently arise from it. ' The first step to be taken is to procure Warm gloves, fully large, and pre« ferably made in two layers an outer of kid or leather, to keep out the wind, and an inner-‘of wool or fur to provide a layer of warm air to surround the hand. The sanle conditions are then 'provided for the feet by wearing I'oomY and WOll-fitting boots and shoes which, while leaving plenty of room for a looscly~knitted thick woolen stocking, yet do not rub and Chaft‘ ’ihl'ollgh undue looesness. It is a mixture of pressure and frictioii that produces chilblains, and both should be avoided_ Nothing’ tight‘ should be worn round the limbs; no fight cuffs. or garters, or elastic kllickerboekel' knees. Nothing that (nan impede the free circulation of the blood must .be Worn. At lc'éls‘E fwiec a day some sort of really active exercise should ‘betakcn, such as half a quarter of an hour’s Swedish exercises, a vigoroug step-dance, ‘fen rninutes’ skipping or some such thing. The sufferer should never sit still for long stret-_y ches of timef but if his work is sedentary he should break it by a few minutes’ exercise every hour or so.