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Cold sensitivity is where a person is overly affected by cold weather or cold rooms. They feel colder than the other people around them.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Common

Is Symptom of

Hypothyroidism (adult)
Condition
Hypothyroidism
Condition
Hashimoto's disease (thyroiditis)
Condition
Silent thyroiditis
Condition
Nonfunctional pituitary adenoma
Condition
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Is a Side Effect of

Warfarin
Coumadin

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