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My ring finger is cold, &cold in the area between the finger &the pinky.colder than other fingers.its not numb just cold.is this bad/worry?
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Hard to tell: Each finger has two main arteries. One on each side, so if that side is cold then that artery is not providing the same amount of blood flow as the one on the other side of the finger.
Answered 3/13/2015
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