You’re in bed under a warm, toasty duvet, and yet your feet feel like they’re inside a freezer. Perhaps you’re in bed with someone and as their toes touch your bare feet you jump because it feels like someone’s put ice cubes in your bed. Or perhaps you’re just going about y...
cold (to the touch) cold (illness) A contagious, viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system; common symptoms include cough, sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion and sneezing. adjective (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey" adjective extended meani...
In the evaluation of children, less intrusive methods have been studied extensively. Axillary thermometry compares favorably to rectal measurement in newborns (Charafeddine et al., 2014) but is inaccurate in children and adults (El-Radhi and Patel, 2006). Infrared tympanic thermometry provides reason...
In midsummer, the cabin looked strange in the forest. It was only twelve feet square, but it rose fully two stories and then had a high and steeply peaked roof. From the ridge of the roof, moreover, a ten-foot pole stuck straight up. Tied to the top of the pole was a shovel. ...
Muscular contraction is an inefficient process and causes much heat to be produced, so when we start to feel cold, we may begin to shiver, movements that are useless in themselves, but that generate heat as a by-product and so help to warm us up. Shivering can increase the production of...
I could not consent to the death of any human being, but certainly I should have thought such a creature unfit to remain in the society of men. But she was innocent. I know, I feel she was innocent; you are of the same opinion, and that confirms me. Alas! Victor, when falsehood ...
blink. The blowing snow is cold grit, working its way through cocoons of shirts and coats. Our feet, wrapped in rags and stuffed into mended boots, feel more like stone than flesh. It has been winter for many years now. None of us can remember what it feels like to be truly warm. ...
The “MS hug” — a tightening or constricting sensation caused by muscle spasms surrounding the rib cage — may also get more severe in freezing temperatures, according to the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. If your symptoms are interfering with your quality of life, you may want to discuss ...
Symptoms:Most sunburns are first-degree burns which are indicated by redness, dryness, and skin that is warm to the touch. However, further exposure can lead to second and even third-degree burns, which in addition to the symptoms above, can also lead to blisters, peeling skin, and even ...
Never had he imagined that such things could exist in the world. It reached up higher than any structure built by man. Impossibly high. The ragged tops of both towers and the scattered stones at their feet made it appear that they had been broken off, somehow. But by what means had ...