Coldness

What it means

Relative coldness of a body part to palpitation, often acccompanied by feelings of coldness.

Coldness is a nonspecific finding, but can be a sing of peripheral vascular disease with a reduction in blood perfusion resulting in relative coldness of the affected body part (usually a hand or foot or an extremity).

Rare diseases that can present with this5

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category

Also called: Cold skin temperature · Cool skin · Cool skin temperature · Coolness to palpation