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QUESTION & ANSWER03/12/2001 I get warm feet when I am drinking. Question: Purely hypothetically speaking but yet realistic : if I drink in the evening a few glasses of wine, even moderately, my feet turn warm (about 40 degrees Centigrade) and I have to stick my feet outside the bed. What is the reason of this and how can I prevent this ? G.V. from A. Answer: When you drink alcohol, even in a moderate way, your body temperature rises. Your peripheral blood vessels (ie. the blood vessels that are situated closely under the skin) will compensate that rise in temperature by opening up. Open peripheral blood vessels are a mechanism to lead away superfluous heat to the outside world. At those places the skin will feel warm. Preferred places for releasing superfluous heat are hands, feet and/or the nose (think of the red nose of people that have had one too many). Warm feet after drinking alcohol, even if it is only a few glasses, is nothing more than a physiological system to get rid of the superfluous heat that has accumulated in your body. How can you prevent this? Try drinking a few glasses of beer instead of wine. In general beer contains less alcohol, so you will also suffer less of a rise of your body temperature. Dr M.F. | |
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