Pain while handling frozen or very cold food

[lsdesign]

Does anyone else have this problem?

Last night I was mixing ground meat for meatballs and I had terrible pain in my hand, then arm and chest. I NEVER have any other chest pain at any other time. This has happened from time to time during my adult life but yesterday was killer. What is this?

[cangoss]

It might be Raynaud's Phenomenon (http://arthritis.webmd.com/tc/Raynauds-Phenomenon-Topic-Overview).

[ErinM]

I'm thinking that you probably just hit a nerve in just the right way, and a electrical message was sent through your nervous system.

Now, if this keeps happening on a continual basis, it could be something more, and if they pain doesn't go away for long periods of time, I'd definitely ask a doctor about it.

[DeeK]

I've experienced painful hand while mixing extremely cold ground meat, but the pain has never travelled up my arm.

I think I would ask a dr. about it next time I was there.

[Grace]

I get TERRIBLE pain in my hands when handling frozen or very cold stuff. It's awful. But they have never gone up my arms or into my chest either.

I don't know what that would/could be, but I would ask too.

[lsdesign]

Thanks you all. It's good to know that I'm not the only one. I will ask the doc next time I'm in. Thank you cangoss for your great web sleuthing.

[Andrea_2]

My brother had that same kind of problem and was diagnosed with Raynaud's.

[LaraW]

I have experienced that, as has my DH when handling very cold things. I always attributed it to the cold/frozen item cooling the blood in my hand and I could feel it as it travelled up my arm. It never got to my chest, and it always goes away when I wash my hands with warm water, or even put the cold item down.