extremities
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Also, your heart rate spikes, your blood pressure soars, the blood vessels in your extremities constrict to keep warm blood near your core and you begin to gasp involuntarily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Temperature readings can also be wrong if patient's extremities are cold.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Another problem is atrophy of the lower extremities, including weakness in the arch muscle of the foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025
These complications include carotid artery calcification, calcification of the abdominal aorta and peripheral vessels in the lower extremities, and small vessel disease in the feet.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
He suffered from cramps in his lower extremities for about three months after.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
