Show Your Het Hena Well During Cold Cold weather as well wen as hot Weather eather places severe burdens on the circulatory system Undue Undue Undue Un Un- due exposure to the cold can bring on frostbite and even death can result from prolonged prolonged pro pro- pro pro-I longed chilling Your best help is protection from the cold OBVIOUSLY anyone with poor circulation should be especially especially es es- es- es careful to avoid exposure exposure exposure expo expo- sure to cold When your body is chilled you begin to shiver This gives your muscles involuntary involuntary involuntary exercise and helps to warm them As the surface of your body cools the small vessels close closedown closedown closedown down over the body surface The blood flow rate is reduced to as little as one-fifth one of nor nor- mal Your body is using your skin as a blanket to conserve heat internally YOUR heart beats faster I and your blood pressure goes up all an n a means of trying to keep your internal sources of warmth mobilized against the external danger But if exposure exposure exposure expo expo- sure is too greatly prolonged these in built-in measures fail The Utah Heart Association offers these dos do's and don'ts of cold weather for everyone but most particularly those folks with heart or circulatory di sease cease DO DRESS warmly when you go out but not so warmly as to perspire Do keep dry water dampness dampness dampness damp damp- ness conduct cold to the body's surface DO DRESS children in moderately moderately mod mod- moderately warm but not very heavy clothing when they go outdoors to play Cover their I hands and feet well and tell them to come in for more clothing if they get cold Go out now and then and make sure they arent aren't getting chilled Do exercise if for example you have to wait on a street corner for a bus Swing your arms wiggle your fingers stamp your feet This helps warm blood to circulate DO COVER up well in the wind For warmth wool or synthetics that thal are springy are best they trap air and andare andare andare are good insulators Do eat a good balanced diet cold cold weather always sharpens sharp ens an appetite Dont Don't use this as an nn excuse to overeat overweight overweight overweight over over- weight places a burden on your heart DONT DON'T RUB snow or ice on frostbitten fingers or to e a s. s Dont Don't rub them at all As soon as you get inside after prolonged prolonged prolonged pro pro- longed chilling do get into a warm not hot tub of water if possible Or lie under warm blankets and take a warm nonalcoholic nonalcoholic nonalcoholic non non- alcoholic drink Dont Don't use hot water bottles or a heat lamp Call a doctor if you think you have frostbite It announces it itself itself it- it self sef by n numbness tingling and sensation of cold as well as an ashen color in the affected part FOR ADVICE about your heart ask your doctor For in information information information in- in formation ask your Heart Asso Asso- |