During shock, blood is conserved for the vital organs, and blood flow to the skin is decreased. This makes the skin feel cold and clammy.
Untreated shock would make the skin feel cold and clammy.
Neurogenic shock is characterized by a loss of sympathetic tone due to spinal cord injury, leading to vasodilation, bradycardia, and hypotension, often with warm, dry skin. In contrast, hypovolemic shock results from significant fluid loss, causing tachycardia, cold, clammy skin, and signs of peripheral vasoconstriction as the body attempts to maintain blood flow to vital organs. These differing mechanisms of hemodynamic instability and compensatory responses result in distinct clinical presentations.
Shock is the progressive failure of the body to circulate oxygenated blood to all parts. Cold clammy skin, fainting, etc. are all signs of disrupted blood flow to different parts of the body.
My hands were cold and clammy?
There are too many things that could cause these conditions such as shock to the body (from a car accident) severe pain; heart attacks, etc. If you or anyone you know looks like this get them into ER immediately!
Cold
unpleasantly wet or cold
Cold sweat is a symptom of many conditions including heat emergencies, hypotension, heart attack, shock (hypovolemic, septic and cardiogenic), general anxiety disorder, mononucleosis and tuberculosis.
Fact !... Reptile skin is dry - not clammy. Their temperature is governed by external heat sources.
clammy
Clammy:1. covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp:2. sickly; morbid:Medical definition:: being moist and sticky
There are too many things that could cause these conditions such as shock to the body (from a car accident) severe pain; heart attacks, etc. If you or anyone you know looks like this get them into ER immediately!