In the 'Symptoms - Skin - General' section of our in-depth questionnaire we ask the following question about skin temperature:
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Is your skin temperature...?
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Your answer |
...indicates |
...and suggests |
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"Very cold" |
Cold skin |
A symptom |
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"Colder than average" |
Cold skin |
A symptom |
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"Average / don't know" |
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"Warmer than average" |
Warm skin |
A symptom |
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"Very warm" |
Warm skin |
A symptom |
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Your answer will affect the likelihoods of the conditions below.
Any answers in green reduce the likelihood of the condition.
GLOSSARY
Anorexia Nervosa (Anorexia)
An eating disorder characterized by excess control - a morbid fear of obesity leads the sufferer to try and limit or reduce their weight by excessive dieting, exercising, vomiting, purging and use of diuretics. Sufferers are typically more than 15% below the average weight for their height/sex/age and typically have amenorrhea (if female) or low libido (if male). 1-2% of female teenagers are anorexic.
Hypothermia
Abnormally low body temperature.
Last updated: May 10, 2007
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