Poor circulation

[mgibson474]

I am a 44 year old female. In the past 5 years I have experienced a substantial amount of hair loss and poor circulation in my fingers and toes. I have had blood test done several times and all levels are always normal. Any suggestions as to the cause of this or prevention?

[cf268]

Hi,  I am a 41 yr old female and have similar problems.  Significant hair loss, very cold fingers/toes/nose, as well as substantial memory loss.  I have not yet had any testing done to check my circulation, but I am wondering if these symptoms could all be connected to problems with circulation??

[cloggy]

interesting, I have the same - hairloss and v. poor circulation in my fingers which seems to have gotten worse over the past years. I also suffer from Graves' Disease and have wondered if these are related. I am trying to find out how I can prevent permanent damage to my fingers as they go white and "dead" for up to 2 hours (2 fingers left hand particularly) before going purple and returning to normal....

[DrNoopurMD]

Hi,

Your symptoms could be due to thyroid dysfunction. Hyperthyroidism can cause loss of hair, dry hair as also lack of vitamins and minerals in the diet.
Poor circulation especially to the extremities can occur due to peripheral vascular diseases or diabetes. Peripheral vascular disease is more common in smokers.
If you have a history of smoking this possibility is worth looking into.
Thanks

[cloggy]

Hi there,
No I am not a smoker at all, I exercise every day and apart from the Graves' am in pretty good health. I also take vit. B/D and a mix of other minerals since I know I tend to be low on magnesium (probably because I exercise a lot - although not excessively) But if diabetes is a possibility i should get that looked into?