Cool extremities

Overview
Cool extremities refers to a condition where the hands and feet are colder than the core of the body

Differential Diagnosis of Cool Extremities

 * Acetylsalicylic acid overdose
 * Acrocyanosis
 * Alcohol withdrawal
 * Amlodipine
 * Anxiety
 * Aortic dissection
 * Beta blockers
 * Bleeding
 * Burns
 * Caduet
 * Cardiogenic shock
 * Cardiac tamponade
 * Chronic fatigue syndrome
 * Claudication
 * Congestive heart failure
 * Drug overdose
 * Embolization
 * Emetophobia
 * Glycogen storage disease type I
 * Heart attack
 * Hemodialysis
 * Hemothorax
 * Hydrocodone overdose
 * Hyperhidrosis
 * Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
 * Hypothermia
 * Hypothyroidism
 * Hypovolemic shock
 * Isocarboxazid
 * Limb ischemia
 * Meperidine
 * Myocardial infarction
 * Myxedema
 * Nalbuphine
 * Neurogenic shock
 * Night terror
 * Nightmare
 * Oxymorphone
 * Panic attack
 * Pentamadine
 * Peripheral arterial disease
 * Phenelzine
 * Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
 * Pulmonary embolism
 * Rasagiline
 * Raynaud's phenomenon
 * Rilmenidine
 * Selegiline
 * Snakebite
 * Starvation
 * ST elevation myocardial infarction
 * Tamponade
 * Tranylcypromine
 * Trauma
 * Systemic vasoconstriction
 * Vasopressors
 * Vasovagal syncope
 * Vicodin
 * Ziac

In contrast to the patient with cardiogenic shock and hypovolemic shock, the patient with septic shock will often have warm extremities.

Differential Diagnosis of the Patient with Cool Extremities and Sweating or Diaphoresis, or "A Cold Sweat"

 * Alcohol withdrawal
 * Anxiety
 * Nightmare
 * Night terror
 * Panic attack
 * Shock
 * ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
 * Trauma
 * Vagal episode