Brain-damaged children often have cold feetOctober 19th, 2009 in
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Many
wheelchair-using children with neurological disorders have much
colder hands and feet than other children, and most receive no
special help even though they have had these problems for a long
time, is revealed in at thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at
the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. "These children have a
disorder that can make it difficult to express how they feel,
but it must be unpleasant to have cold hands and feet," says
physiotherapist Lena Svedberg, author of the thesis. "I find it
surprising that the matter hasn't been given more attention."
The thesis shows that skin temperature in brain-damaged
preschool children in wheelchairs was several degrees lower than
in children without neurological disorders. The temperature of
their feet was three degrees lower and their hands two degrees
lower than children without brain damage. The reason for their
cold extremities may be tha