It is more common for the hands to swell in hot weather as blood vessels expand to send more blood to the skin to cool the body. Some fluid can move into the hands’ tissue as the vessels expand.

Now, recent research has concluded that our fingers actually wrinkle the same way every time. Based on a child’s question ...

I just spent a week on the Isle of Wight, walking and swimming. The beaches are so clean and the water was so clear that I ...

The blood vessels in your hands and feet constrict when it’s cold to prevent heat loss from your core. Some people tend to have colder feet and hands naturally, without an underlying disease. It ...

Cold hands and hot feet might seem like small annoyances but they can offer early clues to what’s going on under the surface ...

He’s not sure whether blood vessel arrangements in the digits remain the same over a lifetime like fingerprints do. If so, finger wrinkle patterns could someday help with biometric or forensic ...

Lupus. Scleroderma. Raynaud’s syndrome is one of the most common causes of cold hands, according to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. It is a disorder that causes the blood vessels ...

Visible Blood Vessels in the Hands. Chronic high blood pressure can cause the blood vessels in your hands (and other parts of the body) to become more prominent or enlarged.

According to the doctor, experts "don't fully understand" the cause of Raynaud’s attacks but "blood vessels in the hands and feet appear to react too strongly to cold temperatures or stress." ...